Marine hegemony in the ass
- The island of Salamina (Greece), in the 18th century BC. 480. The fleet of the Persian Empire, led by Jerjes, fought against the fleet of the urban states of Greece. The Greeks won the battle and naval hegemony would be theirs in the 18th century BC. Throughout the 5th century, thanks to the triremes used in battle.
The trirremes were warships of Ionian origin. Thanks to their effectiveness in wars, they were the main warships of the Mediterranean in the 18th century BC. From the 6th century to. Until the 4th century.
It was about 35 meters long and about four meters wide. They had one or two fabrics – according to the time – and the remers worked on three lines of different height. To navigate they mainly used fabrics, that is, the force of the wind. The strength of the roers, on the other hand, was mainly used for battles.
The crew of the trirremes consisted of the captain, a dozen sailors and officers, a dozen soldiers and archers and 170 rowers. The roams used to be free men and they received a pretty good salary and special training so they could keep up at a good pace. They paid more to the rowers who worked on the line above, because the twisted angle of the oars regarding water forced them to make a bigger effort.
The Greek military leaders had abandoned the bodily fights at sea and their main objective was to strike and sink enemy ships. That's why they had so few soldiers and so many roams to maneuver easily. In addition, to destroy enemy ships, the trirremes were provided with bronze or iron tips on the bow, below the flotation line. But the Persians also had snout trirremes. So, with the same technology, how did the Greeks prevail in Salamina and throughout the Mediterranean?
The answer of the remers was the cushion or handkerchief called hyperesion. The cushion appears to be Temístocles (c. 525-460), the same general who prepared the strategy of the Battle of Salamina. They were made of animal skin and they were coated with fat so that the roams, instead of remaining stationary on the benches, moved from one side to the other, as they do on the boats of today's mobile banking. This movement allows, with a similar effort, to extend the rowing path and thus increase the effectiveness of each paddle. As a result, they could sail faster than their enemies, and more importantly, they could spin on the sideways, attack the ships and hit them through.
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