Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jirgin ruwa na Girka, hanyoyin shiga, motsi da umarni a ƙarƙashin Athenian Strategos Themistocles sun tabbatar da cewa suna da tasiri sosai a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Girka da Farisa (499 zuwa 449 KZ). Relativelyananan sojojin Girka sun sami nasarar jinkirta rundunar sojojin Farisa a cikin jerin hare-haren jiragen ruwa a cikin 480 KZ. Rikicin na ruwa ya ƙare a cikin mashigar tsakanin tashar jiragen ruwa na Piraeus da Tsibirin Salamis a lokacin Yaƙin Salamis (Satumba 480 KZ), lokacin da triremes na Girka 371 da pentekonters suka ci sojojin Farisa na Sarki Xerxes sama da jiragen ruwa 1,200, wanda ya haɗa da Phoenician, Masar, Cilician da Cypriot. Birnin Athens, wanda ya tashi zuwa ga mulkin mallaka na teku a cikin yankunan Girka ya ci nasara a cikin yakin Peloponnesian kuma ya rasa rundunarsa a kan Peloponnesian League karkashin Lysander a cikin
Yaƙin Aegospotami a cikin 405 KZ.