The age of titans : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies /
Murray, William Michael.
The age of titans : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies / William M. Murray. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. - xxvii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Onassis series in Hellenic culture .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and indexes.
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.
9780195388640 019538864X
2011010647
GBB1B5396 bnb
015903107 Uk
Naval history, Ancient.
Naval art and science--History.--Greece
Greece--History, Naval.
V37 / .M87 2012
359.00938
The age of titans : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies / William M. Murray. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. - xxvii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Onassis series in Hellenic culture .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and indexes.
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.
9780195388640 019538864X
2011010647
GBB1B5396 bnb
015903107 Uk
Naval history, Ancient.
Naval art and science--History.--Greece
Greece--History, Naval.
V37 / .M87 2012
359.00938