Quite big. Since Athens was on the coast. A lot bigger than Spartan's army, since the Spartan army was land-based.
Themistocles was the Athenian leader who sank most of the Persian fleet at Salamis.
Battle of Aigospotamai where the Peloponnesian fleet led by the Spartan admiral Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.Battle of Aegospotami where the Spartan Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.
The Athenian leader who built up the Greek navy was Themistocles. He recognized the importance of a strong naval force for Athens' defense and expansion, particularly against the Persian threat. Under his leadership, the construction of a powerful fleet was initiated, culminating in the significant Athenian victory at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. This naval strength ultimately played a crucial role in establishing Athens as a dominant power in the ancient world.
Of the eleven ships of the First Fleet to Australia, the two naval escorts were the flagship, the HMS Sirius, and the Supply.
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The Athenian naval force was part of a joint naval force from 30 city-states which defeated the Persian fleet at Salamis in 480 BCE.
Themistocles was the Athenian leader who sank most of the Persian fleet at Salamis.
By Persia providing money to the Peloponnesian League to get a fleet comparable to the Athenian one, by this fleet defeating the Athenian fleet, and by the Peloponnesian League then investing Athens and starving it into submission.
Xerxes was the Persian, not the Athenian leader. No leader at the battle sank most of anyone's fleet.
Battle of Aigospotamai where the Peloponnesian fleet led by the Spartan admiral Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.Battle of Aegospotami where the Spartan Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.
The Spartan Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the Battle of Aegospotami (Modern-day Turkey) .
The trireme
Elimination of its fleet at Aigospotomai.
The Athenian leader who built up the Greek navy was Themistocles. He recognized the importance of a strong naval force for Athens' defense and expansion, particularly against the Persian threat. Under his leadership, the construction of a powerful fleet was initiated, culminating in the significant Athenian victory at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. This naval strength ultimately played a crucial role in establishing Athens as a dominant power in the ancient world.
Armada is a six letter word for a naval fleet.
Just that-- a fleet. To be more specific, a naval fleet. Oftentimes, terms used to describe aerial vessels are also used to describe naval vessels.
It had 180 triremes, each with a crew of 200, making up half of the Greek fleet opposing Persia.