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Seafaring on the Ancient Mediterranean: New Thoughts on Triremes and Other Ancient Ships: New Thoughts on Triremes and Other Ancient Ships by Tilley, Alec is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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For the people of the ancient Mediterranean, the sea was their highway, the route for conquest and colonisation, the means of spreading civilisation and the way to glorious booty or to profitable trade. But ancient warships have left few if any remains. Most of what we think we know about them comes from ancient literature and iconography, of which there is a great deal. The principal theme of this book is that the written and pictorial evidence on ancient ships has, for the past five hundred ye
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- Author
- Tilley, Alec
- Publisher
- British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781841713748
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Military, Military History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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