How many Roman ships have been excavated?

by impfireball

I read that only 7 or so vikibg ships have been excavated, so I'm wondering how that number compares to other ancient civilizations?

XenophonTheAthenian

Quite a lot--the number of ancient shipwrecks at the bottom of the Mediterranean is in the thousands. There are, however, no surviving shipwrecks of warships, only cargo ships, which is one reason why for so long there was controversy over things like the arrangement of the rowing benches on a trireme