NAUMACHIA XIII : FINAL PART

The last, and largest of my fleet are the Russian card dikrotic pentekonters from UMBUM.

I have a review of them HERE.

Two ships not passing in the night

Troops are card Greeks and Persians from PERMES

I added some inserts for deck surfaces

Coolio , Julio. Quick build for quick gaming.

NAUMACHIA : PART XII

Following behind  Demetrios' fleet, here come his opponents - the Rhodians!

A trihemiolia - Rhodian speciality

Tetrereis coming up behind the trihemioliai

Another Rhodian favourite - the tetreres

NAUMACHIA : PART XI : And still they come...

Part of Demetrios' siege fleet ? A couple of octoreis, and some covered-in triereis, two of which tow a catamaran bearing an artillery tower.

An octores with fighting tower

Fully enclosed triereis

A slog for the triereis towing the tower catamaran

The artillery tower is packed with catapults I don't have to make !

An octores with fortified bow and massive ram

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NAUMACHIA : PART X

The barbarians are here !

Persian triereis provided by the maritime cities of Arados, Sidon, Byblos and Tyre.

Equipped with spike rams rather than the later trident type or the Greek theromorphic versions.

NAUMACHIA : PART IX

Sea trading and piracy go together like a horse and carriage. It was almost assumed that if you lived outside a city you made part of your living as a leistes or robber. Sea robbers had the advantage of being able to easily destroy all witnesses and evidence...

So it wasn't long after I built some freighters that pirates also appeared, hot on their heels.

Lembi and hemioliai ambush and pursue freighters.

Can sail outlast the pirates' oar muscles?

A motley crew closes on the large freighter, whose crew resists.

But the cavalry is here ! In the form of three pentekonters.

The small freighter is safe now.