Re: Rightarm Islanders

From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_cTj2jb2Sv5u9xU_i3wt48t2ZYxNwccM_huOkQTVs6JAToaazTFy20mnmmDzSZv4ddMUY>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:13:04 -0000


> >If just 5k
> >sailors died (which is probably low given that a fleet of 100 triremes
> >might have as many as 15-20,000 people)
>
> Based on your numbers, I'd have to conclude that the triremes
> wouldn't be rowed by Rightarmers. You'd want them above decks as
> crew. Maybe 5 per trireme? The rowers could be recruited from Nochet.
> (Yes they need training, but Athens managed to get a navy built in a
> rather short time when the Persians were on the way.)

Which is why I am curious Simon's take. Maybe the Rightarm Islanders are the captains, the pilots and the priests for the navy?

Jeff            

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