Re: Rightarm Islanders

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Richard" <richaje@...> wrote:
  >
  > > Being a fisherman, familiar with boats, does not qualify a person
  to be
  > > an officer of a warship.
  >
  > I've been rereading a bit about how the Athenian triremes were
  > officered and manned. Rowers and helmsmen were the skilled
  > individuals - the actual trireme commander was usually the wealthy man
  > who paid for the ship.
  >
  Large numbers of the 'Athenian' rowers and officers were trained seamen from Rhodes who joined up for the money. This was especially true after the 'restoration' of Athens in the late 4th Century BC after the Athenian fleets were rebuilt.

Jeff             Received on Fri 07 Sep 2007 - 07:17:51 EEST