The Athenians Warfare by Boat

In warfare ancient Greek boats were really long. They had 170 rowers on three banks. The oars were 14 feet long each! To sink other ships they had a tip on the ship that was metal so they can destroy the other boats' oars. The Athenians, when they were on the boats, they got their main food source from Egypt. They fought with the Spartans a lot. They made a huge wall to protect their ships. The wall was 3 3/4 miles long. Slaves were rarely used to row the boats. The rowers were really farmers.

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