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dromon
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thumb|right|250px|Illustration from the Madrid Skylitzes showing the Byzantine fleet repelling the Rus' attack on Constantinople in 941, and the use of the spurs to smash the oars of the Rus' vessels. Boarding actions and hand-to-hand fighting determined the outcome of most naval battles in the Middle Ages.
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- Subclass of
- sailing ship
- Image
- Model of a Byzantine warship (dromon) at Athens War Museum on 12 April 2019.jpg
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- Dromons
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- start time
- 0500-00-00
- end time
- 1200-00-00
- location of creation
- Byzantium
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thumb|right|250px|Illustration from the Madrid Skylitzes showing the Byzantine fleet repelling the Rus' attack on Constantinople in 941, and the use of the spurs to smash the oars of the Rus' vessels. Boarding actions and hand-to-hand fighting determined the outcome of most naval battles in the Middle Ages.
The dromon (from Greek δρόμων, , ), a type of galley, became the most important type of warship of the Byzantine navy from the 5th to 12th centuries AD, after which the Italian-style galley superseded it. It developed from the ancient liburnian, which was the mainstay of the Roman navy during classical antiquity.
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