The age of the dromōn : the Byzantine navy ca 500-1204 / by John H. Pryor and Elizabeth M. Jeffreys ; with an appendix translated from the Arabic of Muḥammad Ibn Mankali by Ahmad Shboul.
Material type: TextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Arabic Series: Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 62.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (lxxvii, 754 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
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- Naval art and science -- History -- To 1500
- Byzantine Empire -- History, Naval
- Warships -- Byzantine Empire
- Mediterranean Region -- History, Naval
- Art et science navals -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500
- Dromons
- Méditerranée, Région de la -- Histoire navale
- Navires de guerre -- Empire byzantin
- dromons
- HISTORY -- Military -- Naval
- Naval art and science
- Warships
- Byzantine Empire
- Mediterranean Region
- Zeemacht
- Byzantijnse rijk
- To 1500
- 359.009495/09021 22
- V760 .P79 2006
- DF544 .P79 2006
- 89.81
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The operational context -- The origins of the Dromon -- From the sixth to ninth centuries -- The Dromon in the age of the Macedonian emperors -- The demise of the Dromon -- The triumph of the Galea.
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This 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.
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