How did naval warfare and combat work before the discovery of gunpowder? Did they use ballistas and ramming mainly? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

How did naval warfare and combat work before the discovery of gunpowder? Did they use ballistas and ramming mainly?

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There has been a similar question just a few days ago, where a few answers accumulated, one from u/jschooltiger. You can look here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/uf4vda/how_was_naval_combat_like_before_the_advent_of/