THE AGE OF THE GALLEY: MEDITERRANEAN OARED VESSELS SINCE PRE-CLASSICAL TIMES
Written by Robert Gardiner, John Morrison
Published by Conway Maritime Press
in 1995
ISBN: 0851775543
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- WARSHIP
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MEDITERRANEAN
- MILITARY
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Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Paddled and Oared Ships Before the Iron Age
- 2 The Ancestry of the Triremem 1200-525 BC
- 3 The Trireme
- 4 Hellenistic Oared Warships 399-31 BC
- 5 Fleets of the Early Roman Empire, 31 BC-AD 324
- 6 Late Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Galleys and Fleets
- 7 From Dromon to Galea: Mediterranean Bireme Galleys AD 500-1300
- 8 Merchant Galleys
- 9 The Naval Architecture and Oar Systems of Ancient Galleys
- 10 The Naval Architecture and Oar Systems of Medieval and Later Galleys
- 11 Oar Mechanics and Oar Power in Ancient Galleys
- 12 Oar Mechanics and Oar Power in Medieval and Later Galleys
- 13 The Geographical Conditions of Galley Navigation in the Mediterranean
- 14 Economics and Logistics of Galley Warfare
- 15 Naval Installations
- 16 The Athenian Navy in the Fourth Century BC
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index