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A study of the warships evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the fourth and third centuries B.C. and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Italians, Carthaginians and Romans in the fleet and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion; ther...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, J. S. (John S.), 1913-2000
Other Authors: Coates, J. F. (John F.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 1996.
Subjects:
Ships, Ancient > Mediterranean Region.
Naval history, Ancient > Mediterranean Region.
Ships > Reconstruction.
Ships, Ancient > Greece.
Ships, Ancient > Rome.
Triremes.
Olympias (Ship)
Naval tactics > History > Mediterranean Region.
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Summary:A study of the warships evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the fourth and third centuries B.C. and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Italians, Carthaginians and Romans in the fleet and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion; there is a section on the reconstructions by John Coates, and a discussion of crews, ships and tactics illuminated by the recent experiments with the reconstructed trireme Olympias.
Physical Description:xviii, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-386) and indexes.