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Reconstruction of an antiquity-era Greek trireme next to a modern frigate of the Greek Navy. (infosec.pub)
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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Question:

using current minimum wages, how much would ot cost to run that ship per km.

Trieme crew: Approx 200 Trieme speed: Approx 10 km/h Greece minimum wage: About 5€/hour

so a Km would take 6mimutes, so half a euro per crew so about 100€ per km.

Given how strenuous it is to row a trieme, I imagine they would have to pay way more than minimum wage.

anyone knows how it compares when a modern similar sized ship?

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cut costs and use slaves

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I used minimum wage, because even with slaves, you will have to pay to feed and house them. and doing will cost. instead of estimating the cost of maintaining a slave, I used minimum wage given that it should be enough to feed/maintain them. and damn, 5euro per hour is so little for such a hard work, it might as well be slavery.