Found: Athens oldest navy base
Now this is an historic find.
Athens was at the tip of the spear with democracy. And also with large navies.
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of Athens’ first navy base.
The base was established in 493 BCE. At the time, it was one of the biggest building projects in the world and played a central role in the development of the Greek empire and the world’s first known democracy.
“We’ve discovered the navy bases that housed the first Greek fleet in Mounichia port in Piraeus--Athens' port city. It’s likely that the ships that fought at Salamis in 480 BCE had been there," says Bjørn Lovén, associate professor of classical archaeology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The naval battle of Salamis between the Greeks and Persians is a central event in the history of early Greek democracy. The modern world might look quite different had events gone another way.
Discovered with the help of fishermen