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Includes the story of all that the ancients accomplished on the sea from the earliest times to the end of the Roman Empire. This title explains how they perfected trading vessels from mere rowboats into huge freighters that could carry over a thousand tons and how they transformed warships from simple oared transports into complex rowing machines.

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"It is astonishing how much new evidence on ancient seafaring has emerged since the first edition of this book was published... Lionel Casson sets out this new material, and much more."--The Classical Outlook

The Ancient Mariners

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 9/15/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780691014777
      978-0691014777
      ISBN-10 0691014779
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      Transport industries

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Includes the story of all that the ancients accomplished on the sea from the earliest times to the end of the Roman Empire. This title explains how they perfected trading vessels from mere rowboats into huge freighters that could carry over a thousand tons and how they transformed warships from simple oared transports into complex rowing machines.

      Trade Review
      "It is astonishing how much new evidence on ancient seafaring has emerged since the first edition of this book was published... Lionel Casson sets out this new material, and much more."--The Classical Outlook

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