The age of titans [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies / / William M. Murray
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| Autore: |
Murray William Michael
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| Titolo: |
The age of titans [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the great Hellenistic navies / / William M. Murray
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 359.00938 |
| Soggetto topico: | Naval history, Ancient |
| Naval art and science - Greece - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Greece History, Naval |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | '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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The age of titans |
| ISBN: | 0-19-991278-5 |
| 0-19-938225-5 | |
| 1-283-42374-X | |
| 9786613423740 | |
| 0-19-990963-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996217927603316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Onassis series in Hellenic culture.