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The first Achaemenid naval vessels, which were built at Phoenician shipyards, measured 40 meters (130 ft) in length and 6 meters (20 ft) width, and were capable of carrying 300 troops at best. [3] According to Christopher Tuplin, Cypriot ships "appear a significant element in Persian fleets on various occasions". [9]
The Achaemenid Empire, also known as the Persian Empire, had primarily a land based military but around 5th century BC, at the time of Cambyses II, [4] the Empire started to develop a navy to allow for expansion. Their first ships were built by Phoenicians in their shipyards. These ships were 40 meters in length and 6 meters in width and able ...
At first the ships were built in Sidon by the Phoenicians; the first Achaemenid ships measured about 40 meters in length and 6 meters in width, able to transport up to 300 Persian troops at any one trip. Soon, other states of the empire were constructing their own ships, each incorporating slight local preferences.
In effect, the Sidon fleet held a position of primacy among the naval forces of the Achaemenid Empire at that time, providing the best ships in the fleet, superior even to the fleet of Artemisia of Halicarnassus. [1] The Phoenicians furnished a fleet of 300 ships, "together with the Syrians of Palestine". [1]
In effect, the Sidon fleet held a position of primacy among the naval forces of the Achaemenid Empire at that time, providing the best ships in the fleet, even before the fleet of Artemisia of Halicarnassus or the Egyptians. [86] The Phoenicians furnished a fleet of 300 ships, "together with the Syrians of Palestine". [86]
The Lycian dynast Kybernis (520-480 BCE) led 50 Lycian ships in the Achaemenid fleet. The Ionian fleet, here seen joining with Persian forces at the Bosphorus in preparation of the European Scythian campaign of Darius I in 513 BC, was part of the Achaemenid fleet at Salamis. 19th century illustration.
The Phoenician ships were dismissed from the Persian fleet before the battle, which reduced its strength further. [26] The historian Charles Hignett found the fleet size of 300 ships to be too large, even if this number included the Phoenician ships. [4] Tigranes was the commander of the Persian land forces at Mycale. [27]
Aridolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίδωλις) was a tyrant of Alabanda in Caria, who accompanied the Achaemenid king Xerxes I in his expedition against Greece, and was taken by the Greeks off Artemisium in 480 BCE, and sent to the isthmus of Corinth in chains. [1] His successor may have been Amyntas II (son of Bubares). [2]
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