Autore |
Murray William Michael
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Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (385 p.)
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Disciplina |
359.00938
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Collana |
Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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Soggetto topico |
Naval history, Ancient
Naval art and science - Greece - History
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ISBN |
0-19-991278-5
0-19-938225-5
1-283-42374-X
9786613423740
0-19-990963-6
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
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.
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Record Nr. | UNISA-996217927603316 |