Medieval Maritime Warfare by Charles D Stanton

Medieval Maritime Warfare by Charles D Stanton

Author:Charles D Stanton [Stanton, Charles D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: HIS037010, HISTORY / Medieval
ISBN: 9781781592519
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2015-06-29T21:00:00+00:00


1. Fresco of Roman liburnians, forerunners of medieval war galleys, from the first-century Temple of Isis in Pompeii. (C. Stanton/Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples)

2. Olympias, replica of an Athenian trireme built by the Hellenic Navy in 1987 which subsequently underwent sea trials providing valuable information on the operating capabilities and crew conditions of war galleys. (Templar52/Palaio Faliro, Athens)

3. Miniature showing the shipboard deployment of ‘Greek fire’ against the rebel fleet of Thomas the Slav in 821 from the twelfth-century Skylitzes Matritensis manuscript (Codex Vitr. 26–2, fol. 34v). (Bridgeman Art Library/Biblioteca Nacionale, Madrid)



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