{"product_id":"the-age-of-the-dromon-the-byzantine-navy-ca-500-1204-9789004151970","title":"The Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ: The Byzantine Navy ca 500-1204","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume examines the development and evolution of the  war galley known as the Dromon, and its relative, the Chelandion, from first appearance in the sixth century until its supercession in the twelfth century by the Galea developed in the Latin West. Beginning  as a small, fully-decked, monoreme galley, by the tenth century the Dromon had become a bireme, the pre-eminent war galley of the Mediterranean. The salient features of these ships were their two-banked oarage system, the spurs at their bows which replaced the ram of classical antiquity, their lateen sails, and their primary weapon: Greek Fire. The book contextualizes the technical  characteristics of the ships within the operational history of Byzantine fleets, logistical problems of medieval naval warfare, and strategic objectives. Surviving Byzantine sources, especially tactical manuals, are subjected to close literary and philological analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Appreciations List of Figures, Maps, and Tables  Note on Orthography, Translation, Citation, and Dating Note on Metrology and Hours of Daylight Selective Gazeteer of historical place names  Selective Glossary of Greek, Latin, and Arabic terminology Glossary of English nautical terminology  Note on citation of Greek and Latin Glossaries  Abbreviations  Maps Introduction  Chapter One: The operational context  The first period, ca 400-560: the Germanic assault and imperial recovery  The second period, ca 560-750: the Muslim assault and imperial recovery The third period, ca 750-875: equilibrium of chaos  The fourth period, ca 875-1025: Byzantine ascendancy The fifth period, ca 1025-1204: the triumph of the Latin West Chapter Two: The origins of the Dromon  First mentions  Deck and oarage system  The ram and the spur  Square sails and lateen sails  Chapter Three: From the sixth to ninth centuries   Chapter Four: The Dromon in the age of the Macedonian emperors (a) The sources  (b) Terminology and ship types  (c) Hull  (d) Prow  (e) Poop (f) Deck and Castles  (g) Masts, yards, and sails  (h) Rigging (i) Crews  (j) Oarage system and dimensions  (k) Horse transports  (l) Performance capabilities, water supplies, and logistics (m) Armaments  (n) Tactics, strategy, and techniques  Chapter Five: The demise of the Dromon  Chapter Six: The triumph of the Galea  Conclusion  Postscript  Appendix One: Syrianos Magistros, Naumacivai Surianou Magivstrou, edition and translation  Appendix Two: Leo VI, Naumacika; Levonto\" Basilevw\", edition and translation  Appendix Three: Anonymous, Naumacika; suntacqevnta para; Basileivou patrikivou kai; parakoimoumevnou, edition and translation Appendix Four: Fleets, armaments, and equipment for dromons, pamphyloi, and ousiaka chelandia according to the inventories for the expeditions to Crete of 911 and 949 in the  De cerimoniis aule Byzantinae attributed to Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos Appendix Five: Nikephoros Ouranos, Peri; qalassomaciva\", edition and translation Appendix Six: Greek Fire Appendix Seven: The galleys of the manuscript, Madrid, Biblioteca National, vitr. 26-2, of John Skylitzes’ Synopsis historion and its dating and art styles Appendix Eight: Muhammad ibn Mankalı, [a] Al-Adilla al-Rasmiyya fı ’l-Ta‘a  bı  al-H  arbiyya [b] Al-Ahka m al-Mulu kiyya wa ’l-Dawa bit al-Na musiyya, translation  Bibliography  Indices  Acknowledgments","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210603716951,"sku":"9789004151970","price":212.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-age-of-the-dromon-the-byzantine-navy-ca-500-1204-9789004151970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}