In
the war background, naval technology is essential. Greece came the first use of
the ship as a decisive weapon in the war, especially in the battle of Salamis
against the Persians. The warship should be narrow to go faster and also
propelled by oars. This warship was endowed with the necessary weapons to sink
other ships, such as the bronze ram at the beginning of the 7th century B.C.
It
is interesting to analyse the figure of Ameinocles. He was a builder from
Corinth. He had manufactured the bireme. It was a ship with a deck that had two
floors for a hundred rowers. Later, the same builder created the trireme, which
would constitute the bulk of the naval forces in the war of Sicily against
Carthage, in the warlike conflicts against the Persians and in the clashes
between Athens and Sparta.
The
main virtue of the trireme was the speed, since it had the most suitable length
and shape of the hull to present the minimum resistance to the advance of
water. With the trireme, the naval technique reached one of its highlights. One
example of the transcendence of naval technology is Samos, Island built a large
breakwater and a seawall to protect the bay.
Technological evolution is analyzed in XXV Cable and Broadband Catalonia
Congress (CECABLE, Auditorium Blanquerna in
Barcelona, 31 March-1 April 2020). Come in!
