It's pretty impressive that one Greek city state was able to build these by the hundreds 2500 years ago, even if they did have the benefit of knowing exactly how to build and crew one.
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He does bring up a good point about the fresh water. Granted, Im sure most of the Greek Navy rowers back then consisted mostly of slaves. Still, you would lose an awful lot of slaves from dehydration if you had them working super hard constantly.
That's why the battle slaves were handy. Win a war and gain slaves.
Race: Dwarf
Name: (Kill) Kilinus
Class: Fighter/Weapon Master/ Doom Knight
Level: 14
Allignent: Neutral Evil
Diety: Bane