Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient WorldJHU Press, 2 déc. 1995 - 470 pages 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. |
Table des matières
Floats Rafts and the Earliest Boats | 3 |
Egypt and Mesopotamia | 11 |
The Eastern Mediterranean 30001000 B C | 30 |
The Eastern Mediterranean 1000500 B C | 43 |
92 | 69 |
Aphracts in Geometric Age Representations | 75 |
The Warships of the Hellenistic Age 32331 B C | 97 |
The Roman Imperial and Byzantine Navies | 141 |
Seasons and Winds Sailing Rowing Speed | 270 |
Officers and Men | 300 |
The Use of Slaves | 322 |
Small Craft | 329 |
Markings and Names | 344 |
Harbors | 361 |
List of Abbreviations | 371 |
Glossary of Nautical Terms | 383 |
Coin Evidence for SingleBanked Fours | 155 |
Sailing Ships | 169 |
Shipbuilding | 201 |
the Hull | 220 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
aboard anchor ancient aphracts Arch Athenaeus Athenian Athens Basch Benoit boat brails cargo carried Casson cataphract century B.C. cited in note craft crew deck Doorninck dromons Egypt Egyptian fleet frames galley Greek gunwale harbor Herodotus Hornell hull jars keel Latin lembos liburnian lines Livy marines mast merchant galley merchantman Morrison Museum Nautika naval navy Nile oarsmen outrigger Papyri Parker penteconter Phoenician Photo planks Plutarch Polyaenus Polybius port prow Puteoli quadrireme quinqueremes relief Rhodian Roman Roman navy Rome rowers rowing Salonen seagoing ship's side single-banked steering oars stern sternpost Synesius thranite Thucydides tons Torr trireme two-banked van Doorninck vase vessel voyage warship wind yard Yassi Ada Yassi Ada Byzantine γὰρ δὲ διὰ εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ ἦν καὶ κατὰ μὲν οἱ πρὸς τὰ τὰς τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν
Fréquemment cités
Page 432 - R. Meiggs, Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Oxford 1982) 467—71.