Roman warships
By: Michael Pitassi
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781843836100
Subjects: Navy; Warships; Naval History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-188) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Interpretation. Sources ; Interpreting the sources ; Ship fittings; title: The ships. The earliest types : eighth to fourth centuries BC ; Navel ascendancy : third and second centuries BC ; Civil wars and imperial fleets : first centuries BC and AD ; Height of empire : second and third centuries AD ; The late empire : fourth and fifth centuries AD ; Terminus; title: Service lives of ship types; title: Types of Roman warship; title: Gazetteer: where to see Roman boats and ships; title: Glossary of nautical terms used.