TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murray,William Michael
TI  - The age of titans: the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies 
T2  - Onassis series in Hellenic culture
SN  - 9780195388640
AV  - V37 .M87 2012
U1  - 359.00938 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Naval history, Ancient
KW  - Naval art and science
KW  - Greece
KW  - History
KW  - History, Naval
N1  - 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
ER  -