Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yaƙe-yaƙe na ruwa sun fi kyan gani fiye da yaƙe-yaƙe na hoplite a ƙasa. A wasu lokatai, dubban masu kallo a bakin tekun suna kallon yaƙe-yaƙe da ake yi a teku. Tare da wannan babban wasan kwaikwayon, ya zo da sakamako mafi girma ga sakamakon kowane yaƙi. Yayin da matsakaicin adadin mutuwar daga yakin basasa ya kasance tsakanin 10 zuwa 15%, a cikin yakin teku, sojojin da suka shiga cikin haɗari sun rasa dukkanin jirgi. Yawan jiragen ruwa da maza a cikin fadace-fadace a wasu lokuta suna da yawa. Misali, a yakin Arginusae, jiragen ruwa 263 sun shiga, wanda ya kai jimillar mutane 55,000, kuma a yakin Aegospotami fiye da jiragen ruwa 300 da ma'aikatan ruwa 60,000 suka shiga. A Yaƙin Aegospotami
A shekara ta 70 AD, birnin Athens ya rasa abin da ya rage daga cikin rundunarsa: da zarar 'invincible' thalassocracy ya rasa jiragen ruwa 170 (kimanin talanti 400), kuma mafi yawan ma'aikatan jirgin sun mutu, kama ko rasa.