Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-8018-5130-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 993 g

Lionel Casson's encyclopedic study is the first of its kind to use underwater archaeological data to refine and area of scholarship that had, for the most part, relied on ancient texts and graphic representations. Tracing the history of early ships and seamanship from pre-dynastic Egypt to the Roman empire, from skiffs and barges to huge oared warships and royal yachts, Casson describes not only the ships themselves, but also the make-up and training of the crews, placement of weaponry, how cargo was stored, methods of navigation, harbor facilities, and the ways ships were named.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Casson, Lionel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Schiffbau, Seeverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1. Floats, Rafts, and the Earliest Boats
Chapter 2. Egypt and Mesopotamia
Chapter 3. The Eastern Mediterranean: 3000–1000 B.C.
Chapter 4. The Eastern Mediterranean: 1000-500 B.C.
Chapter 5. The Age of the Trireme: 500–323 B.C.
Chapter 6. The Warships of the Hellenistic Age: 323–31 B.C.
Chapter 7. The Roman Imperial and Byzantine Navies
Chapter 8. Merchant Galleys
Chapter 9. Sailing Ships
Chapter 10. Shipbuilding
Chapter 11. Rudder, Rigging, Miscellaneous Equipment
Chapter 12. Seasons and Winds, Sailing, Rowing, Speed
Chapter 13. Officers and Men
Chapter 14. Small Craft
Chapter 15. Markings and Names
Chapter 16. Harbors
List of Abbreviations
Glossary of Nautical Terms
Glossary of Greek and Latin Terns
Indexes
Addenda and Corrigenda

Über Autor(innen)

Casson, Lionel
Lionel Casson is a professor emeritus of classics at New York University and has written many books about life in the ancient world, including Travel in the Ancient World, Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, and Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World, all available from Johns Hopkins.

Lionel Casson is professor emeritus of classics at New York University. He is the author of Daily Life in Ancient Rome, Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, Illustrated History of Ships and Boats, and Travel in the Ancient World, the last available from Johns Hopkins.