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YES! the Athenian navy was very strong but only because they had a strong back bone. This "backbone" was their strongest and best ship the trireme. The trireme had a simple but affective job, it was to ram into the other boats with their battering ram on the bow of their boat. They would ram the same boat continuously until the other boat sank.
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Who was the commander of the Athens' navy during the battle of Thermopylae?
The Athenian navy was part of the southern Greek fleet which fought the sea battle at Artemesion in the strait next to the pass of Thermopylae. The Athenian component was commanded by Themistocles.
What was the major battle in the Peloponnesian War?
The Battle of Aegospotami where the Spartan Admiral Lysander decisively defeated the Athenian navy which effectively ended the Peloponnesian War .
How did the Romans build a strong navy?
Rome got its first navy by attacking Carthage and starting a great war
How did the formation of the Delian League give proof to the saying that strength lies in unity?
Delian League was the Athenian alliance, founded after the Persian Wars as a military organization directed against the Achaemenid Empire, but converted by Pericles into an Athenian empire. Because of this unity, it was very strong.
What is the proper adjective for Athenian?
Athenian is a proper adjective for Athens.
Themistocles athenian statesman advocated a strong?
navy
What was the athenian trireme?
They were boats. used by the Athenian navy.
The Athenian leader convinced the Assembly of Athens that the city needed a strong navy to defend itself against the Persians?
Themistocles.
The Athenian leader who convinced the Assembly of Athens that the city needed a strong navy to defend itself against the Persians?
Themistocles.
Great Athenian general during the Persian Wars who created the Athenian navy?
Themistocles.
Who was the great Athenian general during the Persian Wars who created the Athenian navy?
Themistocles.
What were the Athenian navy boats called?
A trireme
What happened to the Athenian Navy at Syracuse?
destroyed
How big was the Athenian navy?
Big Big
Did Sparta believe in a strong navy?
When Athens used its navy to good effect during the 27-year Peloponnesian War, Sparta realised that it had to get the Peloponnesian league an equally strong nave to succeed. They took money from Persia to build a fleet which finally destroyed the Athenian navy and led to Athens' surrender.
Who convinced the Athenian Assembly to build a navy?
Themistocles.
Why is Themistocles important to Greek?
During this phase of the war, both Athens and Eritrea sent a small part of their navy to help the Ionian Greeks. It wasThemistocleswho had encouraged the Athenians to build up their navy for protection. The Athenian navy was strong, with small but fast ships. Their help angered Darius I, who vowed to take revenge on the Greek city-states.So he"encouraged Greece to create a strong navy"
