"Top Most Decisive Ancient Naval Battles" Topic
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Tango01  | 17 Oct 2023 8:58 p.m. PST |
"Ancient naval battles were quite risky; they involved massive investments in money in building ships and trained manpower for rowing and marines. Contrary to popular belief, rowers were rarely slaves, but skilled laborers, trained in precision maneuvers. Losing a battle at sea often meant that even your wounded were lost from a sunken ship and ships that were captured gave the enemy a very expensive war tool.
For this reason, naval battles, though rare, tended to be among the most decisive engagements from the Persian invasion all the way to WWII. Here are some of the more decisive ancient naval battles. For an overview of trireme, combat look here…"
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| Legionarius | 18 Oct 2023 7:50 p.m. PST |
I do not disagree with the first three battles-Salamis, Aegates Isles, and Actium. I knew nothing of the Chinese one. However, last time I checked, the Ionian Sea is on the West coast of Italy. The sea on the west coast of Greece is the Adriatic Sea. The Actium map is wrongi |
| Tango01 | 19 Oct 2023 3:28 p.m. PST |
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| DBS303 | 13 Nov 2023 12:28 p.m. PST |
Not sure where on earth Legionarius gets the idea that the Ionian Sea is west of Italy. It is west of Greece, south of the Adriatic, and southeast of Italy… No part of modern Greece borders the Adriatic, save the northern edge of Corfu. |
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