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A
gaillie
is a teep o
ship
pilet bi oarers that oreeginatit in the eastren
Mediterranean Sea
an wis uised fur
war
,
mercat
an
piracy
frae the first millennium BC. Gaillies dominatit naval weirfare in the Mediterranean frae the 8t century BC till development o advanced sailin warships in the 17t century. Gaileys focht in the wars o
Assirie
, auncient
Phoenicie
,
Greece
,
Carthage
an
Roum
till the 4t century AD. Efter the faw o the
Wastren Roman Empire
gaillies furmed the mainstay o the
Byzantine
navy
an ither navies o successors o the Roman Empire, as weel as new
Muslim
navies. Medieval Mediterranean states, notably the Italian maritime republics, includin
Venice
,
Pisa
,
Genoa
an the
Ottoman Empire
relied on them as the primary weirships o thair fleets till the 17t century, whan thay wis gradually replaced bi sailin warships. Gaillies conteenad tae be applee'd in minor roles in the Mediterranean an the
Baltic Sea
een aifter the introduction o
staem
pilet ships in the airly 19t century.
The gaillie engagements at Actium an at Lepanto is amang the maist kenspeckle naval stours in history.