Athenian navy
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The Athenian navy was the powerful maritime force of ancient Athens that dominated the Aegean Sea, enabled the city’s commercial and imperial expansion, and played a decisive role in the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Athenian fleet at the Battle of Cyzicus | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military organization
ⓘ
naval force ⓘ |
| activeIn | Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| alliedOrganization | Delian League ⓘ |
| approximatePeakSize | about 300 triremes ⓘ |
| commander |
Alcibiades
ⓘ
Cimon ⓘ Conon ⓘ Pericles ⓘ Phormio ⓘ Themistocles ⓘ Thrasybulus ⓘ |
| country | Athens ⓘ |
| crewComposition |
Athenian citizens
ⓘ
allied seamen ⓘ metics ⓘ |
| decisiveInBattle |
Battle of Arginusae
ⓘ
Battle of Artemisium ⓘ Battle of Cyzicus ⓘ Battle of Mycale ⓘ Battle of Naupactus ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| developedDuring | early 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Athens ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Athenian citizens’ taxes
ⓘ
Delian League ⓘ
surface form:
Athenian tribute from Delian League
silver from Laurion mines ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
enabling Athenian democracy’s power projection
ⓘ
foundation of Athenian maritime empire ⓘ protection of Athenian grain supply from Black Sea ⓘ |
| infrastructure |
Long Walls of Athens
ⓘ
Piraeus ship-sheds ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
|
| lostInBattle | Battle of Aegospotami ⓘ |
| mainShipType | trireme ⓘ |
| notableBase |
Palaio Faliro
ⓘ
surface form:
Phaleron
Piraeus ⓘ |
| opponent |
Peloponnesian League
ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
Sparta ⓘ |
| partOf | military of Athens ⓘ |
| shipType |
quadrireme
ⓘ
quinquereme ⓘ trireme ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Greco-Persian Wars
ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| tacticalDoctrine |
diepplous
ⓘ
periplous ⓘ ramming tactics ⓘ |
| usedFor |
control of sea lanes
ⓘ
imperial expansion ⓘ maritime warfare ⓘ power projection ⓘ trade protection ⓘ |
| usedToControl |
Delian League
ⓘ
surface form:
Delian League members
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Athenian fleet at the Battle of Cyzicus