The Ancient Sailing Season (Mnemosyne Supplements; History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity)
Year: 2013 Language: english Author: James Beresford Genre: Handbook Publisher: Brill ISBN: 978-90-04-24194-7 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 381 Description: Providing a comprehensive examination of the capacity of ancient ships and seafarers to cope with seasonally changing sea conditions, this book draws on a wide range of ancient literary sources while also taking account of modern weather records, hydrological data, and recent archaeological discoveries. Taking a fresh look at the various ways in which seasonality affected maritime transport across the sea-lanes of the ancient world, this book offers new perspectives on the nature of seaborne trade, naval warfare and piratical operations. The result is a volume that questions many long-held scholarly assumptions concerning the strength and seaworthiness of ancient vessels, as well as the abilities of Greek and Roman mariners, to regularly undertake voyages across hazardous stretches of sea.
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The Ancient Sailing Season (Mnemosyne Supplements; History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity)
Language: english
Author: James Beresford
Genre: Handbook
Publisher: Brill
ISBN: 978-90-04-24194-7
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 381
Description: Providing a comprehensive examination of the capacity of ancient ships and seafarers to cope with seasonally changing sea conditions, this book draws on a wide range of ancient literary sources while also taking account of modern weather records, hydrological data, and recent archaeological discoveries. Taking a fresh look at the various ways in which seasonality affected maritime transport across the sea-lanes of the ancient world, this book offers new perspectives on the nature of seaborne trade, naval warfare and piratical operations. The result is a volume that questions many long-held scholarly assumptions concerning the strength and seaworthiness of ancient vessels, as well as the abilities of Greek and Roman mariners, to regularly undertake voyages across hazardous stretches of sea.
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