Naval/ Fleet composition question(s)

[Intranetusa]

This was a common way of dealing with transports in the ancient world. Polybios (1.26) writes of the Romans at the Battle of Ecnomus:

Astern of the line which formed the base [of the triangular Roman formation] sailed the horse-transports, which were attached by tow-ropes to the ships of the third squadron.

Hmm, I see. I stand corrected then.

Did you even read that article?

Did you read what I was responding to?

I was responding to this statement: "With (about) 700 ships it is considered as the biggest naval battle of all times"

Even if you take the low estimate for Salamis and the high estimate for Ecnomus, the total number of people & ships for both the Greek & Persians add up to be more than the total number of people & ships for the Romans & Carthaginians. (200,000 was the figure given for the Persian fleet by itself, whereas the high estimate of 200,000 was the number for both Roman and Carthaginian fleets)

Thus
1. Ecnomus was not the biggest naval battle in the Mediterranean.
2. It was not the biggest battle of ancient times.
3. It definitely isn't the largest naval battle of all time.