. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. her of Ciniberius, who commanded the 100 Can-tons of the Suevi, who had encamped on the bank of the Rhenus,(Rhine,) with the design of crossing that river. Naves, ium, (sing, navis,) ships. The kind of ships used by theRomans were chiefly two, viz: Naves Longce, ships of war, andNaves Onerarice, ships of burden. The Naves longae were socalled because they were of a longer shape than the others. Theywere commonly impelled by oars, and were distinguished by ahelmet at the mast head. They were also ranked as biremes, tri-remes, quad
. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. her of Ciniberius, who commanded the 100 Can-tons of the Suevi, who had encamped on the bank of the Rhenus,(Rhine,) with the design of crossing that river. Naves, ium, (sing, navis,) ships. The kind of ships used by theRomans were chiefly two, viz: Naves Longce, ships of war, andNaves Onerarice, ships of burden. The Naves longae were socalled because they were of a longer shape than the others. Theywere commonly impelled by oars, and were distinguished by ahelmet at the mast head. They were also ranked as biremes, tri-remes, quadremcs, and , according as they had two,three, four, or five rows or tiers of oars. According to the gene-rally received opinion, these rows or tiers ran from the prow tothe stern, as exhibited in the following wood cuts, taken fromantiques, the first of which has one row and the second these were erected decks on which sometimes towers wereconstructed, from which the enemy might be more convenientlyand successfully assailed. NAVES The Naves Onerarice, or ships of burden, were broader androunder than the vessels of war. They were impelled by sails NEMETES NORICTM. 299 and distinguished by a basket, (corbis,) suspended from the masthead; whence they were sometimes called curblttE. Naves Actuarial were ships contrived for lightness and expedi-tion. They had but one bank of oars, or at most two, on eachside. They were of diilerent kinds, distinguished by differentnames; as, Celoces, Lembi, Phastli, &.c, but the most remarkablewere the Naves Liburnce, a kind of light gallies used by theLiburni. Nemetes, um, a people of Gallia BelgTca, probably a tribe of theGermans, on the west bank of the river Rhenus, (Rhine,) be-tween the Triboci and Vangiunes. Their principal city was Nu-viomagus, (Spire.) Nervii, orum, a powerful and warlike nation of Gallia Belsica,whose country lay on both sides of the Scaldis, (Scheldt,)near thesource of that river, afterwards
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