Piracy in the ancient world an essay in Mediterranean history Ormerod, Henry Arderne 1886-1964 creator author text bibliography History. mdu 1997 Johns Hopkins paperback edition. monographic eng print 286 pages : maps ; 19 cm "Available again in paperback, Henry Ormerod's classic Piracy in the Ancient World brings the treachery of the ancient high seas alive. Drawing on the works of Homer and Thucydides and the historical records that have survived from ancient Greece and Rome, Ormerod reconstructs the dangers of coastal living and seafaring and the attempts of ancient society to protect itself against the threat of invasion from the seas. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics."--Jacket. Ch. I. Depredations Committed on the Seas -- Ch. II. Piracy, Privateering and Reprisals -- Ch. III. The Eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Wars -- Ch. IV. The Eastern Mediterranean from 480 to 200 B.C. -- Ch. V. The Western Seas, the Adriatic and Rome -- Ch. VI. The Pirates of Cilicia -- Ch. VII. The Empire. by Henry A. Ormerod. "Originally published as a hardcover edition in 1924 by the University of Liverpool Press"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. mm----- Mediterranean Region History To 476 Pirates Mediterranean Region History Méditerranée, Région de la Histoire Jusqu'à 476 Pirates Mediterranean Region Seeräuberei Griechenland Römisches Reich Mediterranean Sea Piracy Privateering Ancient history History Pirates Méditerranée (région) Antiquité Méditerranée (région) Antiquité To 476 fast DE61.P5 O76 1997 910/.9163/8 0801855055 9780801855054 96044837 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu052/96044837.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu052/96044837.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu052/96044837.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu052/96044837.html TAG TAGC DLC 960919 20240808153253.1 in00004815312 eng