The age of titans : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies / William M. Murray.
Series: Onassis series in Hellenic culturePublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: xxvii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780195388640
- 019538864X
- 359.00938 22
- V37 .M87 2012
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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.