The Classical trireme used 170 rowers; later galleys included even larger crews. A "monoreme" has one bank of oars, a "bireme" two, and a "trireme" three. In the naval sphere, the archaic period saw the development of the trireme in Greece. These have provided us with a general outline of the Athenian trireme. In another variation, the Athenians used 10 or so trireme for transporting horses. The standard complement of a trireme was 200 men, including 14 marines. Construction of the trireme differed from modern practice. So he departed just with his own trireme. The bireme eventually evolved into the trireme. Finally he added a new model, the trireme. The distance a trireme could cover in a given day depended much on the weather. The materials from which the trireme was constructed were an important aspect of its design. Classical sources indicate that the trireme was capable of sustained speeds of ca.