The greek warships beat other warships because they were much smaller and easier to move around. Under the deck of the ship are slaves lock with chains around their ankles so that they wont try to escape the greeks. The problem for the slaves was that if the ship were to crash they would be trapped and would not be able to escape and would drown unless they were in waist deep water which they probably would not bed in. The ships were called triremes, they were usually built with softwood which was light and let them move around quicker. The disadvantage to softwood is that it absorbs water and can be filled up by it easily, so the greeks would bring them in at night time and let the water get out of them. The triremes had battering rams on the front of the boat so that they could ram through opposing ships. The greek also sometimes used their warships to trade with other places. The amount of people on a average ship was about 200. To see where i got this information click here to view a website on the ancient greek encyclopedia.
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