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Greek and Roman Oared Warships 399-30BC

By John Morrison

Book information

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2016
ISBN
178570401X, 9781785704017
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
24 MB (25415098 bytes)
Series
Oxbow Monographs
Pages
420\0
Time added
2021-04-11 05:46:50

Description

This is an important study of the new types of warships which evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans in the fleets and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion. The book includes a catalogue and discussion of the iconography of the ships with over fifty illustrations from coins, sculptures and other objects. John Coates discusses reconstructions, crews, ships and tactics illuminated by the recent experiments with the reconstructed trireme Olympias . Complete with gazetteer, glossary, bibliography and indexes.

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