Origins --4 -- Silver spring -- Design -- 6 -- Oar system -- Ship dimension -- Construction -- 8 -- Hull -- Materials -- Decoration -- Crew -- 12 -- Oarsmen -- Deck crew -- Marines -- Archers -- In Action -- 17 -- Armament -- Naval tactics -- Ruling the Waves -- 21 -- Limitations of sea power -- Land bases - epiteichismoi -- Periklean strategy -- Athenian Navy -- 33 -- When Athena ruled the waves -- Expenditure -- Downfall of the imperial navy -- Revival in the 4th century -- Olympias -- 39 -- Performance under oar -- Timber -- Ancient authors -- Colour Plate Commentary -- 45.