Raffaele D'Amato

Republican Roman Warships 509-27 BC (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Rava, Giuseppe

• Format: PDF

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 is the story of the design, development and operation of the Republican Roman warship in the age of the conquest of the Mediterranean, from the first Roman naval adventure of 394 BC and the Punic Wars, to Pompey's operations against the Cilician Pirates and Caesar's victorious naval campaigns in Armorica, concluding with the consolidation of the Mediterranean Sea as Mare Nostrum with the battle of Actium in 31 BC. Archaeological photography, including those of exciting new finds, such as the Roman warship rosta (rams) found in the Aegates Islands, accompany lavish artistic reconstructions in illustrating the ships of the first Roman navy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472808288
• Artikelnr.: 44865517

Autorenporträt

Raffaele D'Amato, PhD, is the author of some 40 books and has written numerous articles on the Roman Empire, Byzantium, medieval Europe and the military of Ancient Greece. He has taught at the University of Ferrara, and was a visiting professor at Fatih University, Istanbul. He currently lives in England, working as an archaeological consultant and lawyer for Timeline Auctions Ltd of Harwich, and also as an external researcher for the Laboratory of the Danubian Provinces at the University of Ferrara.

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