How did naval warfare work back in ancient times?

by WW2Smartie

A while back, I watched the movie Ben-Hur (1959). One scene that interested me was the scene when the Roman Fleet attacked the Macedonian pirates. Being a history nerd, I wanted to figure out more. So, how did naval warfare work in ancient times? How did they sink the other guy's ship and what were the tactics? Let's say around around the time of the Battle of Salamis.

DanKensington

Ramming and boarding, mostly. More can always be said on the matter, so if anyone would like to contribute further posts on Ancient naval warfare, please don't let this post stop you! For the meantime, OP, here are some previous posts that cover the matter:

u/Iphikrates has an overview of the battles of Artemision and Salamis, the latter having occurred not very long after the former;
and also covers the possible equipment of Greek deck-fighters.