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1 online resource (xviii, 403 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Olympias (Ship)
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Olympias (Ship) |
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Ships, Ancient -- Mediterranean Region.
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Ships, Ancient. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Ships, Ancient -- Greece.
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Greece. |
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Ships, Ancient -- Rome.
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Naval history, Ancient.
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Naval history, Ancient. |
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Ships -- Reconstruction.
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Ships -- Reconstruction. |
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Triremes.
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Triremes. |
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Naval tactics -- History.
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Naval tactics. |
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History. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Coates, J. F. (John F.)
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Other Form: |
Print version: Morrison, John. Greek and roman oared warships 399-30bc. [Place of publication not identified] : Oxbow Books, 2016 178570401X (OCoLC)954009201 |
ISBN |
178570401X |
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9781785704017 |
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9781785704321 (electronic book) |
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178570432X (electronic book) |
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