Details: Condition: New Material: Cold Cast Bronze Resin Height: 27 cm - 10,6 inches Width: 35 cm - 13,8 inches Length: 22 cm - 8,7 inches Weight: 650 g Fast, manoeuvrable, & with a bronze-sheathed ram on the prow, the trireme was the devastating warship which permitted Athens to build its maritime empire & dominate the Aegean in the 5th century BCE. According to Thucydides, it was the Corinthians who first adopted triremes on the Greek mainland c. 700 BCE. However, it was the Athenians, with their newly found wealth from local silver mines, who constructed a fleet of triremes large enough to hold sway over the Aegean. The most celebrated military use of triremes, & perhaps the greatest naval battle in ancient history, was fought in 480 BCE at the Battle of Salamis between the fleet of the Hellenic League (principally represented by Athens & Corinth) & the invading armada of the Persian king Xerxes I. The Greek victory not only ensured Greek autonomy but allowed Athens to then take centre stage in the Aegean. 773134 - 63 Trireme - Athenian Devastating Warship Greek Persian War Battle Of Salamis 480 Bc Cold Cast Bronze Resin
