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GCSE Classics · key term
A professional officer commanding a squadron of ships in the Roman navy.
Used by OCR
Paper 5
Revise: Legionary Organization and the Legionary FortressBelow fleet level, a nauarch commanded a squadron, while a trierarch commanded an individual ship. Squadrons may have contained about ten ships, but their size is not securely fixed. The useful distinction is between responsibility for the whole fleet, a group of ships and a single vessel.
Distinguish naval command levels: a fleet prefect commanded a fleet, a nauarch commanded a squadron, and a trierarch commanded a ship. A ship's crew could be organised as a century without containing exactly 80 men.
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