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The 14 pages that link to Trireme, each with the reason it gives.

• Battle of SalamisBroader topic: Greek triremes used ramming and coordinated rowing in the confined straits.

• Xerxes IRelated: Triremes formed the main fighting vessels in the naval campaign Xerxes sent against Greece.

• ThemistoclesBroader topic: Triremes formed the fleet central to Themistocles’s naval policy.

• Athenian navyBroader topic: Athens’s fleet relied on triremes for speed, maneuverability, and ramming attacks.

• CimonRelated: Naval forces carried Cimon’s campaigns against Persian strongholds and rebellious allies.

• Carthaginian navyRelated: Carthage used lighter galleys alongside larger warships for speed and maneuver.

• Artemisia I of CariaRelated: Herodotus describes Artemisia commanding a ship during the Salamis battle.

• Naval rammingBroader topic: Its speed and maneuverability made the trireme an effective ramming vessel.

• History of the Peloponnesian WarRelated: Naval power let Athens raid, transport troops, and sustain its empire during the war.

• Battle of ArtemisiumBroader topic: Greek and Persian fleets relied on triremes in the engagements off Euboea.

• Battle of AlaliaRelated: Greek and Carthaginian fleets relied on oared warships in the battle.

• Battle of ArginusaeBroader topic: Triremes carried the Athenian and Spartan forces into the close-quarters naval battle.

• Ancient maritime historyBroader topic: The trireme became a defining vessel of classical Greek naval power.

• Athens in the 5th century BCRelated: Fast triremes made Athenian naval supremacy and control of sea routes possible.