It is totally fascinating to think that somewhere around 480 B.C. you could muster 200,000 men to man a navy.
The construction of the trimarans would require a large supply of lumber, skilled and semi-skilled labor. The quartermaster issues are impressive.
The economies of the various city states and the trade must have been as advanced as today’s. Fordham’s archives indicate that Themistocles cut taxes, which in turn attracted foreign businessmen to settle in Athens
Definitely.