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It wouldn't have as strong as a navy as it did.
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"
In Athens, they had a strong navy because they were on the water. In Sparta, they had the strongest military in all of ancient Greece.
The earliest Greek warship was known as a Pentecounter, with fifty oarsmen. Then came the Bireme with 100 oarsmen. Lastly, the Trireme with 170 oarsmen.
Athens had a powerful navy. This navy was part of the combined navy of the alliance of southern Greek city-states which defeated the Persian navy (which was composrd of Phoenician, Asian-Greek and Egyptian ships) at Salamis.
It wouldn't have as strong as a navy as it did.
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"
Greek. To note, the Spartans are what we conisder today as Greek; but they were focused on their Army rather than their Navy.
A strong navy to threaten the Greek city-states, and an army of combined cavalry and infantry, under a central leadership.
In Athens, they had a strong navy because they were on the water. In Sparta, they had the strongest military in all of ancient Greece.
The earliest Greek warship was known as a Pentecounter, with fifty oarsmen. Then came the Bireme with 100 oarsmen. Lastly, the Trireme with 170 oarsmen.
Athens had a powerful navy. This navy was part of the combined navy of the alliance of southern Greek city-states which defeated the Persian navy (which was composrd of Phoenician, Asian-Greek and Egyptian ships) at Salamis.
Athens had a strong navy, while Sparta had a better army
Athens appears to be the city-state that controls the Greek peninsula due to its powerful navy, strong economy, and leadership role in the Delian League.
The surface navy is the surface ships that make up a strong portion of the navy.
He persuaded the Athenians to divert the wealth of a major silver strike to building a strong navy. This navy became his tool in helping the Greek city-states repel the Persian invasion of 480-479 BCE.
They had interfered in an uprising of Greek cities against the Persian Empire, and Persia was determined to bring Athens under control, sending an expeditionary force which was defeated at Marathon. The Athenians knew that the Persians would return in greater force, and knowing that they could not defend their city, they developed a navy of 180 ships in order to fight at sea.