Greek and Roman Oared Warships 399-30BC

by John Morrison

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785704321
Publisher:	Oxbow Books
Publication date:	10/31/2016
Series:	Oxbow Monographs , #62
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	420
File size:	26 MB
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations vii

List of Maps ix

List of Plans ix

List of Illustrations x

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xvii

1 The Age of Innovation: 399-280 BC Appendix 1

2 Sea Power in the Mediterranean: 280-200 BC 41

3 Challenges to Roman Sea Power: 200-50 BC 93

4 Fleets or the Roman Civil Wars: 50-30 BC Appendices A and B 127

5 Iconography 177

6 Categories and Types 255

7 Reconstructions J. F. Coates Appendices A-F 279

8 Crews, Ships, and Tactics 349

Gazetteer 371

Glossary 377

Bibliography 383

Index of ancient authors and citations therefrom 387

General Index 395