Ancient Rome - Ships

List of ships available during Ancient Rome event in 2017 (May 2nd - Jun 13th).

Table of contents

-100 Level Polykrates 20 Unireme 24 Corbita 34 Actuaria 44 Caesar Romana 59 Navis Lusoria 64 Tabellariae Navae 79 Bireme 89 Olympias 99 Periplous 29 Deceres 49 Ivlia 74 Carthaginian 94

100+ Level Trireme 104 Liburna 119 Comacchio 124 Quinquereme 139 Liburna Nave 149 Prima Nave 164 Hepteres 169 Quadrireme 109 Dacicus 134 Salamina 154 Seconda Nave 179

Polykrates

Named after the Greek tyrant from the Island Samos. Polycrates was the first to build ships of the type Samaina, named after his home island. Samaina had two banks of oars and was slender at the bow, but broad at the beam. She could serve to transport goods or as a warship.

Polykrates
	Level required:	20
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	3,300
	Cost			OR
1				140	50	15	1,650
2	2,500	800	150	50	60	16	800
3	3,500	1,200	300	55	70	19	850
4	6,000	2,000	300	60	80	23	950
5	10,000	4,200	600	70	90	29	1,250
⅀ 22,000 8,200 900 450 OR 235 + 140 (Purchase) 5,500

Unireme

Unireme was the first type of galley. It had a single bank of oars and has been undecked or only partially decked.

Unireme
	Level required:	24
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	3,000
	Cost			OR
1	13,500	3,500	240		40	12	1,650
2	4,000	2,000	200	70	50	14	550
3	4,500	2,300	500	75	60	16	650
4	6,000	2,700	600	80	70	19	850
5	9,500	3,200	1,500	85	80	24	1,000
6				90	90	28	1,350
7				100	100	31	1,450
⅀ 37,500 13,700 2,000 800 240 OR 500 7,500

Corbita

Corbita was a type of Roman cargo ship with square sails steered by two oars. It could be of various sizes. The stern of the ship was often decorated with a swan or goose.

Corbita
	Level required:	34
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	4,200
	Cost			OR
1				180	50	19	2,600
2	10,000	4,500	600	80	60	21	850
3	14,000	5,500	400	85	70	25	950
4	22,000	7,000	1,200	90	80	31	1,200
5	36,000	10,000	800	100	90	38	1,400
⅀ 82,000 27,000 1,800 1,200 OR 355 + 180 (Purchase) 7,000

Actuaria

Actuaria was a type of Roman transport ship. It had up to 30 oars and a sail. It had two rudders fore and aft and could ran aground on a beach to unload cargo without damage.

Actuaria
	Level required:	44
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	8,000
	Cost			OR
1	18,000	4,000	490		60	23	1,000
2	36,000	8,000	1,500	100	70	25	2,000
3	72,000	16,000	3,000	105	80	30	3,500
4	144,000	32,000	6,000	110	90	36	5,500
5	288,000	64,000	12,000	120	100	45	8,000
⅀ 558,000 124,000 15,000 7,500 490 OR 435 20,000

Caesar Romana

Caesar Romana was an ancient Roman merchant ship. She had no rudder and was steered by two oars dragging at the back of the ship.

Caesar Romana
	Level required:	59
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	16,400
	Cost			OR
1	175,000	45,000	690		50	22	7,500
2	55,000	25,000	2,000	90	60	24	3,000
3	70,000	28,000	2,000	95	70	28	3,500
4	100,000	34,000	4,000	100	80	35	4,500
5	140,000	42,000	4,000	110	90	43	6,500
6				120	100	49	7,500
7				130	110	56	8,500
⅀ 540,000 174,000 6,000 6,000 690 OR 645 41,000

Navis Lusoria

Navis Lusoria was a type of small military ship used for troop transport in the late Roman Empire. The ship was powered by 30 rowers and a sail. Navis Lusoria were used on northern rivers such as Rhine and Danube. Wooden remains of Navis Lusoria were found in Mainz, Germany in 1981.

Navis Lusoria
	Level required:	64
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	56,000
	Cost			OR
5				560	120	69	70,000

Tabellariae Navae

Tabellariae Navae were herald ships which sailed ahead of the whole fleet announcing the fleet's arrival.

Tabellariae Navae
	Level required:	79
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	19,200
	Cost			OR
1	300,000	115,000	890		70	36	7,000
2	360,000	125,000	2,000	110	80	39	7,500
3	560,000	145,000	5,000	120	90	46	9,000
4	840,000	175,000	10,000	130	100	57	11,000
5	1,150,000	215,000	20,000	140	110	71	13,500
⅀ 3,210,000 775,000 25,000 12,000 890 OR 500 48,000

Bireme

Bireme is an ancient galley with two banks of oars. She was probably invented by the Phoenicians. Bireme was ca. 24m long and could employ 120 rowers. She was mostly used as a warship and was favored by the Romans, notably by Julius Caesar during his invasion of Britain.

Bireme
	Level required:	89
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	53,700
	Cost			OR
1				270	80	39	28,000
2	122,000	55,000	13,000	110	90	43	11,000
3	164,000	64,000	14,000	120	100	51	12,500
4	268,000	90,000	18,000	130	110	63	16,000
5	366,000	105,000	26,000	140	120	78	22,000
⅀ 920,000 314,000 40,000 31,000 OR 500 + 270 (Purchase) 89,500

Olympias

Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme. It was built at Piraeus, Greece from 1985-1987.

Olympias
	Level required:	99
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	56,400
	Cost			OR
1	450,000	100,000	1,290		70	33	26,000
2	120,000	45,000	15,000	100	80	37	12,000
3	180,000	55,000	12,000	105	90	43	14,000
4	280,000	70,000	30,000	110	100	53	17,000
5	400,000	90,000	24,000	120	110	66	22,000
6				130	120	76	24,000
7				150	130	86	26,000
⅀ 1,430,000 360,000 45,000 36,000 1,290 OR 715 141,000

Trireme

Trireme was an ancient type of galley with three rows of oars manned each by one rower. Its predecessors were the penteconter and bireme. It was ca. 40m long and usually constructed from fir, pine or cedar wood. Triremes were used mainly during the 7th to 4th centuries BC, in the Persian Wars and the Peloponnese War.

Trireme
	Level required:	104
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	132,000
	Cost			OR
5				580	140	104	165,000

Liburna

Liburna was a small ancient galley used for patrols and raids. Originally it had one bank of oars on each side and one mast with one sail. In the late Roman Republic it was usually built with two banks of oars. Liburnas became very common in the Roman Navy. They played a major role in the Battle of Actium between the forces of Augustus and forces of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra.

Liburna
	Level required:	119
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	186,000
	Cost			OR
1				290	90	52	75,000
2	350,000	120,000	20,000	120	100	57	45,000
3	500,000	140,000	30,000	130	110	67	50,000
4	800,000	170,000	30,000	140	120	82	60,000
5	1,250,000	240,000	40,000	150	130	103	80,000
⅀ 2,900,000 670,000 70,000 50,000 OR 540 + 290 (Purchase) 310,000

Comacchio

Comacchio is a wreck of an ancient Roman ship from 1st century BC. It was discovered near the river mouth in Comacchio, Italy in 1980. Various items including amphorae and lead ingots were recovered from the 21m long wreck.

Comacchio
	Level required:	124
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	186,000
	Cost			OR
1	170,000	80,000	1,990		100	54	35,000
2	340,000	100,000	8,000	150	110	59	50,000
3	680,000	140,000	16,000	155	120	70	80,000
4	1,360,000	200,000	32,000	160	130	86	120,000
5	2,720,000	300,000	64,000	170	140	107	180,000
⅀ 5,270,000 820,000 80,000 40,000 1,990 OR 635 465,000

Quinquereme

Quinquereme was the heaviest type of the ancient warship favored by the Romans and Carthaginians. It was invented by the tyrant of the Syracuse Dionysius in 399 BC. It was often used as a flagship of a fleet of lesser warships. Quinqueremes were ca. 45m long and 5m wide at the water level.

Quinquereme
	Level required:	139
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	232,000
	Cost			OR
1	1,500,000	300,000	2,390		90	47	120,000
2	500,000	160,000	20,000	130	100	51	45,000
3	600,000	180,000	30,000	135	110	61	55,000
4	800,000	200,000	40,000	140	120	74	65,000
5	1,200,000	240,000	50,000	150	130	93	75,000
6				160	140	107	100,000
7				170	150	121	120,000
⅀ 4,600,000 1,080,000 60,000 80,000 2,390 OR 885 580,000

Liburna Nave

Liburna was a small ancient galley used for patrols and raids. Originally it had one bank of oars on each side and one mast with one sail. In the late Roman Republic it was usually built with two banks of oars. Liburnas became very common in the Roman Navy. They played a major role in the Battle of Actium between the forces of Augustus and forces of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra.

Liburna Nave
	Level required:	149
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	528,000
	Cost			OR
5				600	160	150	660,000

Prima Nave

Prima Nave was the smaller of the two Nemi ships built by the Roman emperor Caligula at the lake Nemi in the 1st century AD. Prima Nave was 70m long and was constructed with much luxury including heating, marble floors and baths. The ships were recovered in 1929 but were destroyed during the World War II in 1944.

Prima Nave
	Level required:	164
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	900,000
	Cost			OR
1				320	120	73	400,000
2	1,400,000	400,000	80,000	130	130	80	200,000
3	1,700,000	500,000	80,000	140	140	94	250,000
4	2,300,000	650,000	120,000	150	150	116	300,000
5	3,600,000	850,000	120,000	160	160	145	350,000
⅀ 9,000,000 2,400,000 200,000 200,000 OR 580 + 320 (Purchase) 1,500,000

Hepteres

Hepteres or Septireme was an ancient warship much larger in size than its predecessors. She was probably first constructed on the order of Alexander the Great. She could employ up to 350 rowers while more than 3 rowers could man one oar. This increased the power while decreasing the number of oars and banks.

Hepteres
	Level required:	169
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	696,000
	Cost			OR
1	4,200,000	1,000,000	2,990		110	58	325,000
2	1,500,000	500,000	85,000	130	120	64	150,000
3	1,750,000	550,000	100,000	140	130	75	165,000
4	2,500,000	650,000	130,000	150	140	93	200,000
5	4,000,000	800,000	160,000	160	150	116	250,000
6				170	160	133	300,000
7				180	170	150	350,000
⅀ 13,950,000 3,500,000 260,000 215,000 2,990 OR 930 1,740,000

Periplous

Periplous is a ship named after the naval tactic used in ancient Greece. It consisted of the warship or fleet of warships sailing around the enemy line and attacking them from the flank or rear.

Periplous
	Level required:	29
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	3,260
	Cost			OR
1	25,000	7,500	290		40	14	1,800
2	10,000	3,000	600	70	50	15	600
3	12,500	3,500	400	75	60	18	700
4	16,000	4,500	1,200	80	70	22	900
5	20,000	6,000	800	85	80	27	1,150
6				90	90	31	1,450
7				100	100	35	1,550
⅀ 83,500 24,500 1,800 1,200 290 OR 500 8,150

Deceres

Deceres was a type of hellenistic-era warship invented by Alexander the Great. Deceres was powered by two banks of oars with five men to each oar. It was used from ca. 320 BC until 31 BC when Augustus used them as his heaviest warships in the Battle of Actium.

Deceres
	Level required:	49
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	11,760
	Cost			OR
1				220	60	25	5,000
2	35,000	16,000	1,000	90	70	27	3,000
3	55,000	20,000	3,000	95	80	32	3,300
4	75,000	28,000	4,000	100	90	39	3,800
5	100,000	40,000	6,000	110	100	49	4,500
⅀ 265,000 104,000 9,000 5,000 OR 395 + 220 (Purchase) 19,600

Ivlia

Ivlia is a modern reconstruction of an ancient Greek bireme (rowing war galley with oars at two levels). She was constructed at Sochi Naval Shipyard, Russia in 1989. Ivlia undertook six expeditions along the routes of the ancient seafarers in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Atlantic.

Ivlia
	Level required:	74
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	68,000
	Cost			OR
5				990	120	77	85,000

Carthaginian

Carthaginian is a representative of the Punic (Carthaginian and Phoenician) ship design which was later copied by the Romans. It was distinctive from the Greek ship building style.

Carthaginian
	Level required:	94
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	80,000
	Cost			OR
5				570	130	95	100,000

Quadrireme

Quadrireme was an ancient war galley with four banks of oars. She was most probably invented by the Carthaginians in the 4th century BC. Her first use during battle is recorded during the Siege of Tyra by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. She was the prefered type of vessel in the Rhodian Navy and was also common in the Imperial Roman Navy.

Quadrireme
	Level required:	109
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	135,200
	Cost			OR
1	800,000	180,000	1,590		80	37	65,000
2	400,000	95,000	16,000	110	90	40	25,000
3	450,000	105,000	16,000	115	100	47	30,000
4	550,000	120,000	32,000	120	110	58	38,000
5	700,000	150,000	32,000	125	120	73	48,000
6				150	130	83	60,000
7				160	140	94	72,000
⅀ 2,900,000 650,000 48,000 48,000 1,590 OR 780 338,000

Dacicus

Dacicus was an ancient Roman ship named after Trajan's Dacian Wars in 101-102 and 105-106.

Dacicus
	Level required:	134
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	237,000
	Cost			OR
1				300	100	58	125,000
2	650,000	150,000	35,000	110	110	64	40,000
3	750,000	200,000	45,000	120	120	76	55,000
4	950,000	275,000	55,000	130	130	93	75,000
5	1,400,000	400,000	65,000	140	140	116	100,000
⅀ 3,750,000 1,025,000 110,000 90,000 OR 500 + 300 (Purchase) 395,000

Salamina

Salamina was an ancient warship named after the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC. It was a naval battle between the alliance of Greek city-states and the Persians.

Salamina
	Level required:	154
	Limit:	1
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	560,000
	Cost			OR
1	540,000	250,000	300,000		110	68	70,000
2	1,080,000	500,000	35,000	180	120	74	120,000
3	2,160,000	1,000,000	70,000	190	130	88	220,000
4	4,320,000	2,000,000	140,000	200	140	108	370,000
5	8,640,000	4,000,000	280,000	210	150	135	620,000
⅀ 16,740,000 7,750,000 650,000 175,000 OR 780 1,400,000

Seconda Nave

Seconda Nave was the larger of the two Nemi ships built by the Roman emperor Caligula at the lake Nemi in the 1st century AD. Seconda Nave was 73 metres long. The ships were recovered in 1929 but were destroyed during the World War II in 1944.

Seconda Nave
	Level required:	179
	Limit:	2
	Type:	Sailing ( 1)
	Museum reward:	1,218,000
	Cost			OR
1				320	120	81	600,000
2	2,200,000	1,000,000	80,000	130	130	89	250,000
3	3,400,000	1,200,000	120,000	140	140	105	300,000
4	4,800,000	1,500,000	120,000	150	150	129	380,000
5	7,000,000	2,000,000	160,000	160	160	161	500,000
⅀ 17,400,000 5,700,000 280,000 200,000 OR 580 + 320 (Purchase) 2,030,000