Murray, William Michael. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195388640 019538864X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011010647 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB1B5396  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015903107  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Naval history, Ancient.<br/>Naval art and science--History.--Greece
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Greece--History, Naval.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>V37  / .M87 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>359.00938