Raffaele D'Amato (Author)

Republican Roman Warships 509-27 BC

Illustrator: Rava, Giuseppe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires. This book tells the story of the design, development and operation of the Republican Roman warship.

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Produktdetails

• New Vanguard
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 182mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9781472808271
• ISBN-10: 1472808274
• Artikelnr.: 42070308

Autorenporträt

Raffaele D'Amato

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction/ Chronology/ Historical background/ The origin of the Roman navy/ The evolution of the Roman fleet/ The ships (The Aphraktai
The Biremes
The Triremes
The Quadriremes
The Quinquiremes
The Sambuca
The Hemiola
The Liburna
The Oneraria
Structure and construction
Armament and decoration)/ Fighting on the sea (Roman naval tactics
Employment in siege war)/ Campaigns (The first Punic wars
Pompey and the Cilician Pirates
Caesar in Gaul
The naval wars of Octavianus and Agrippa)/ Bibliography/ Index