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The Navies of Rome
Michael Pitassi
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Description for The Navies of Rome
Paperback. A groundbreaking new chronological study of the role played by the Navy in the successful development of the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 24 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA; HBLC1; JWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 972.
A groundbreaking new chronological study of the role played by the Navy in the successful development of the Roman Empire. Both welcome and useful. [...] This is a narrative history as well as a focused study of the development of the ships, officers, and crews and the overall naval establishment. Recommended. CHOICE This publication represents the first true examination of the Roman Navy as an independent arm of the military. Though many may perceive the Roman Empire as a primarily land-based organisation, an empire forged by the formidable legions of infantry, thetruth is that it was ... Read more
A groundbreaking new chronological study of the role played by the Navy in the successful development of the Roman Empire. Both welcome and useful. [...] This is a narrative history as well as a focused study of the development of the ships, officers, and crews and the overall naval establishment. Recommended. CHOICE This publication represents the first true examination of the Roman Navy as an independent arm of the military. Though many may perceive the Roman Empire as a primarily land-based organisation, an empire forged by the formidable legions of infantry, thetruth is that it was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836001
SKU
V9781843836001
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for The Navies of Rome
[There is an] enormous amount of material contained in this excellent work by Michael Pitassi, which for the first time seeks to examine all aspects of the much neglected subject of Roman naval power. [It is] an academically very rigorous work of considerable substance written for both professional scholars and for those who are approaching the subject for the first ... Read more