The Ancient Greeks were known for their war-like and competitive personalities. In the defeat against the Persians there was one main element to their victory; War-ships. The Greeks were able to overcome the Persians because the ships were manned by many oars. Mobility seems to be the deciding factor to their victory; however, could the war have been won faster if chariots could have benefited from the swift and rapid Greek boats?
I would like to propose that chariot and ships would coincide by creating an area on the ships for chariots, each ship having a ramp, and each Chariot having the general shape of a boat with a shallow hull to enter shallow water as it leaves the boat and stay afloat until it reaches land.
This would allow the Greeks to be rapid fighters on land as well as the seas.
Sounds like intriguing ideas, Shandon. Will you be constructing a scale model of one of these ships, or making an image or picture?
ReplyDeleteCouple of other questions to consider: where would Greeks leaern the technology of chariot making? horse breeding and training? where would they practice these amphibious assaults? how would you deal with the horse emissions? (j/k)
Again, great start!
Dr. Halverson