Title: The Age of the galley : Mediterranean oared vessels since pre-classical times /
Authors: Gardiner, Robert, 1949-
Publisher: Naval Institute Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Galleys Mediterranean Region History.; Naval architecture History; Mediterranean Region History, Naval.
Contents: Paddled and oared ships before the Iron Age -- The ancestry of the tireme 1200-525 BC -- The tireme -- Hellenistic oared warships 399-31 BC -- Fleets of the Early Roman Empire, 31 BC-AD 324 -- Late Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic galleys and fleets -- From Dromon to Galea: Mediterranean bireme galleys AD 500 -- 1300 -- Merchant galleys -- The naval archtecture and oar systems of ancient galleys -- The naval architecture and oar systems of ancient galleys -- the naval architecture and oar systems of Medieval and later galleys -- Oar mechanics and oar power in ancient galleys -- Oar mechanics and oar power in Medieval and later galleys -- The geographical conditions of galley navigation in the Mediterranean -- Economics and logistics of galley warfare -- Naval installations -- The Athenian Navy in the Fourth Century BC.