The age of titans : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies /
Murray, William M.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Naval history, Ancient.
Naval art and science