02493nam 2200649 a 450 99621792760331620230124183739.00-19-991278-50-19-938225-51-283-42374-X97866134237400-19-990963-6(CKB)2550000000074076(EBL)3054392(OCoLC)768248367(SSID)ssj0000566234(PQKBManifestationID)11342694(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566234(PQKBWorkID)10534471(PQKB)11723932(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056412(MiAaPQ)EBC3054392(MiAaPQ)EBC31092089(Au-PeEL)EBL31092089(EXLCZ)99255000000007407620110317d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe age of titans[electronic resource] the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies /William M. Murray1st ed.New York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20121 online resource (385 p.)Onassis series in Hellenic cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-993240-9 0-19-538864-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : understanding the big ship phenomenon -- Frontal ramming and the development of "fours" and "fives" -- Frontal ramming : structural considerations -- The development of naval siege warfare -- Philo the Byzantine and the requirements of naval siege warfare -- Big ships, boarding, and catapults -- The culmination of the big ship phenomenon -- The end of the big ship phenomenon.'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.Onassis series in Hellenic culture.Naval history, AncientNaval art and scienceGreeceHistoryGreeceHistory, NavalNaval history, Ancient.Naval art and scienceHistory.359.00938Murray William Michael1020117MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996217927603316The age of titans2409633UNISA