Title: Greek and Roman oared warships /
Authors: Morrison, J. S.; Coates, J. F.
Date: 1996
Publisher: Oxbow Books,
Physical description: xviii, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Abstract: A study of the warships evolved in the navies of the Mediterranean in the fourth and third centuries B.C. and of their use by Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Italians, Carthaginians and Romans in the fleet and naval battles in the second and first centuries, culminating in the Battle of Aktion; there is a section on the reconstructions by John Coates, and a discussion of crews, ships and tactics illuminated by the recent experiments with the reconstructed trireme Olympias.
Notes: Map on lining paper.
Subject headings (LCSH): Naval history, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.; Naval history, Ancient.; Naval tactics--History--Mediterranean Region.; Naval tactics--History.; Naval tactics--Mediterranean Region--History.; Olympias (Ship); Ships, Ancient--Greece.; Ships, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.; Ships, Ancient--Rome.; Ships--Reconstruction.; Triremes.