Afford more goods, educate people better, and have a lower poverty rate.
The news was slow back then.It was only by boat. There are also several other variables for the boat to make it to Britain such as, nice weather.
The Spartans were very good in hand to hand combat. The Athens had a very successful navy. The Athens made an invention of the ships so that, under multiple people at once would row and it would have to stay in that motion. There is more but I don't know what lesson you are on...