trireme athens war ship

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trireme, oar-powered warship that reached its highest point of development in the eastern Mediterranean in Alexandria during the 5th century BCE. Light, fast, and maneuverable, it was the principal naval vessel with which Persia, Phoenicia, and the Greek city-states vied for mastery of the seas from the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE through the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404.