| 41. | On learning of the siege, the Athenians voted to dispatch 40 triremes to oppose Philip.
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| 42. | The clashing of the fleets was a chaotic affair as the triremes jockeyed about with difficulty.
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| 43. | :: Triremes did have sails ( though they don't look very big ).
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| 44. | The Athenians arrived in Miletus with twenty triremes and five other triremes that belonged to the Eretrians.
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| 45. | The Athenians arrived in Miletus with twenty triremes and five other triremes that belonged to the Eretrians.
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| 46. | An Allied naval force of 271 triremes was thus dispatched to await the arrival of the Persians.
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| 47. | The trireme hulls were constructed from planks with closely-spaced and pegged mortise and tenon joints.
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| 48. | The Spartans captured four triremes and forced the rest of the Athenian ships to retreat to Piraeus.
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| 49. | The Athenians and Eretrians sent a task force of 25 triremes to Asia Minor to aid the revolt.
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| 50. | The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars, manned with one man per oar.
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