
36 - Lysander 1: Death of Democracy
Cost of Glory
Athens - The Trireme Battleship
The trireme battleship is the cutting edge of naval technology at that time. It's powered by three stories of oarsmen on either side. The goal was to ram this beak and all 50 tons of ship and sailors behind it into the side of another trireme, and thereby sink or disable the other ship. Now lysander identifies the lead ship, antiochus ship, and he sends as fast as trir ams on it. And then with his full armada, he chases the other nine. They're now leaderless, and they get in sight of the athenian fleet,. who are stationed at notion and are totally not prepared for an all out
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