The age of titans : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies
| 1. Verfasser: |
Murray, William M.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxvii, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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| Schlagworte: | |
| 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.
