The age of titans
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies
By: William M. Murray
Series: Onassis series in Hellenic culture
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780195388640
Subjects: Ancient Naval history; Naval art and science; Naval History; History
Description: 'The Age of Titans' examines how heavy warships crewed by thousands of men developed from the agile triremes so popular during the Greek Classical Age.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : understanding the big ship phenomenon; title: Frontal ramming and the development of "fours" and "fives"; title: Frontal ramming : structural considerations; title: The development of naval siege warfare; title: Philo the Byzantine and the requirements of naval siege warfare; title: Big ships, boarding, and catapults; title: The culmination of the big ship phenomenon; title: The end of the big ship phenomenon.