it was the Corinthians who first developed the trireme, possibly as early as the 7th century BC. (1.12.4 - 13.2) They in turn based their design on ships first made by the Phoenicians, a people ...

Their biggest enemy were the Persians, who came from an area around modern day Iran ... to get close to the enemy ships, and if possible crash into them. When the trireme struck the side of ...

Their biggest enemy were the Persians, who came from an area around modern day Iran ... to get close to the enemy ships, and if possible crash into them. When the trireme struck the side of ...