Author : J. S. Morrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 15,23 MB
Release : 2000-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521564564
Second edition of the technical and historical background to the reconstruction of a Greek warship.
Author : Nic Fields
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 33,61 MB
Release : 2007-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846030741
Formidable and sophisticated, triremes were the deadliest battleship of the ancient world, and at the height of their success, the Athenians were the dominant exponents of their devastating power. Primarily longships designed to fight under oar power, the trireme was built for lightness and strength; ship-timber was mostly softwoods such as poplar, pine and fir, while the oars and mast were made out of fir. Their main weapon was a bronze-plated ram situated at the prow. From the combined Greek naval victory at Salamis (480 BC), through the Peloponnesian War, and up until the terrible defeat by the Macedonians at Amorgos, the Athenian trireme was an object of dread to its enemies. This book offers a complete analysis and insight into the most potent battleship of its time; the weapon by which Athens achieved, maintained, and ultimately lost its power and prosperity.
Author : Adrian K. Wood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 33,55 MB
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1849089795
The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility. The earliest of these were the Punt ships and the war galleys of Egypt which defeated the Sea People in the first known naval battle. Following the fall of these civilisations, the Phoenicians built biremes and other vessels, while in Greece the ships described in detail in the 'Trojan' epics established a tradition of warship building culminating in the pentekonters and triaconters. The warships of the period are abundantly illustrated on pottery and carved seals, and depicted in inscriptions and on bas-reliefs. The subject has been intensively studied for two and a half millennia, culminating in the contemporary works of authoritative scholars such as Morrison, Wallinga, Rodgers and Casson. To date there are no works covering the subject which are accessible and available to non-academics.
Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,25 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Ships, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Nic Fields
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 46,71 MB
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1472848632
A fascinating and detailed exploration of one of the most famous warships of the Ancient world - the trireme - and its tactical employment by the opposing sides in the 5th-century BC Graeco-Persian Wars. You may be familiar with the Athenian trireme – but how much do you know about the ram-armed, triple-oared warships that it dueled against at the battles of Artemision, Salamis and the Eurymedon River? How similar or different were these warships to each other? And why did the Persians rely on Phoenician vessels to form much of their navy? Much attention has been devoted to the Greek trireme, made famous by modern reconstruction – with only passing notice given to the opposing Persian navy's vessels in illustrated treatments. Join us on the Aegean as, for the first time, we reveal a rarely attempted colour reconstruction of a trireme in Persian service. Compare the form, construction, design, manoeuvrability, and tactical deployment of the opposing triremes, aided by stunning illustrations. Man the decks of these warships with the fighting complement of Greek citizen hoplites, Scythian archers and Persian marines, and learn why the Greeks placed a bounty of 10,000 drachmae on the head of Artemisia – the Karian queen and Persian admiral, and the only woman among Xerxes' commanders.
Author : Frank Welsh
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Ships
ISBN :
Verslag van de reconstructie van een Griekse galei.
Author : Michael Pitassi
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1843836106
An examination of Roman naval development, drawing upon archaeological evidence, documentary accounts and visual representation.
Author : Christos Papoutsy
Publisher : Peter E. Randall Publisher
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
"Ships of Mercy" reveals the true heroes of Smyrna, forgotten by history. It is based on more than ten years of research by Christos Papoutsy, who traveled around the globe to document the rescue of hundreds of thousands of Greek refugees on the Smyrna quay in September 1922.
Author : John R. Hale
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,10 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780670020805
Presents a history of the epic battles, the indomitable ships, and the men--from extraordinary leaders to seductive rogues--who established Athens' supremacy, taking readers on a tour of the far-flung expeditions and detailing the legacy of a forgotten maritime empire.
Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 2005-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0743274539
On a late September day in 480 B.C., Greek warships faced an invading Persian armada in the narrow Salamis Straits in the most important naval battle of the ancient world. Overwhelmingly outnumbered by the enemy, the Greeks triumphed through a combination of strategy and deception. More than two millennia after it occurred, the clash between the Greeks and Persians at Salamis remains one of the most tactically brilliant battles ever fought. The Greek victory changed the course of western history -- halting the advance of the Persian Empire and setting the stage for the Golden Age of Athens. In this dramatic new narrative account, historian and classicist Barry Strauss brings this landmark battle to life. He introduces us to the unforgettable characters whose decisions altered history: Themistocles, Athens' great leader (and admiral of its fleet), who devised the ingenious strategy that effectively destroyed the Persian navy in one day; Xerxes, the Persian king who fought bravely but who ultimately did not understand the sea; Aeschylus, the playwright who served in the battle and later wrote about it; and Artemisia, the only woman commander known from antiquity, who turned defeat into personal triumph. Filled with the sights, sounds, and scent of battle, The Battle of Salamis is a stirring work of history.
