Lembus
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A lembus was an ancient Illyrian galley, with a single bank of oars and no sails. It was small and light, with a low freeboard. It was a fast and maneuverable warship, capable of carrying 50 men in addition to the rowers.1 It was the galley used by Illyrian pirates2, and by Philip V of Macedon during the First Macedonian War.3
[edit] References
- Polybius, Histories, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (translator); London, New York. Macmillan (1889); Reprint Bloomington (1962).
- Walbank, F. W. (1940) Philip V of Macedon
- Wilkes, John, The Illyrians (Peoples of Europe), Blackwell Publishers, (December 1, 1995) ISBN 0-631-19807-5
[edit] Notes
1 Wilkes p. 157, Polybius, 2.3
2 Wilkes p. 163
3 Walbank p. 69, Polybius 5.109
