Fixed to the front of the trireme was a sharp metal ram. Image caption, A replica of an Athenian trireme warship at sea In battle, the triremes tried to get close to the enemy ships, and if ...

According to the Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides, it was the Corinthians who first developed the trireme ... their 170 rowers and used their front ram to devastating effect, especially ...

The city's small archaeological museum currently has a bronze naval ram and marble eye from a 4th-century BC trireme on display. jph/sbk ...