The age of titans : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies

1. Verfasser: Murray, William M.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Umfang/Format: xxvii, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Onassis series in Hellenic culture
ISBN: 9780195388640
Schlagworte:
Naval history, Ancient.
Greece > History, Naval.
Naval art and science > Greece > History.
Schiffahrt
Schiffe
Hellenistische Zeit
Militaria/Waffen
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 3 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : understanding the big ship phenomenon
  • Frontal ramming and the development of "fours" and "fives"
  • Frontal ramming : structural considerations
  • The development of naval siege warfare
  • Philo the Byzantine and the requirements of naval siege warfare
  • Big ships, boarding, and catapults
  • The culmination of the big ship phenomenon
  • The end of the big ship phenomenon.

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