Ships and sea-power before the great Persian War : the ancestry of the ancient trireme /

Ships and sea-power before the great Persian War : the ancestry of the ancient trireme /

This book presents a new theory about the developments in shipping and naval organization that culminated in the invention - around 530 BC in the eastern Mediterranean - of the trireme, and the subsequent adoption of this first specialized warship of antiquity by all the naval powers of the time. Ne...

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Main Author: Wallinga, H. T.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1993.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 121.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Sea-power > Greece > History.
Sea-power > Iran > History.
Sea-power.
Triremes.
Greece > History, Naval.
Iran > History, Naval.
Greece.
Iran.
History.
Naval history.

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Call Number: VA523 .W36 1993

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Thukydides and early naval developments
  • Shipping in the eighth century B.C.
  • The new Greek sea-powers of the sixth century B.C
  • The invention of the trireme and the creation of the Persian navy
  • The trireme in Hellas: Themistokles' navy bill and the Persians
  • Epilogue
  • The crews of Greek and Persian triremes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of ancient authors cited
  • General Index
  • Illustrations
  • Supplements to Mnemosyne by A.D. Leeman , C.J. Ruijgh and H.W. Pleket.