Written by the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring
Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners has long served the needs of
all who are interested in the sea, from the casual reader to the
professional historian. This completely revised edition takes into
account the fresh information that has appeared since the book was
first published in 1959, especially that from archaeology's newest
branch, marine archaeology. Casson does what no other author has
done: he has put in a single volume the story of all that the
ancients accomplished on the sea from the earliest times to the end
of the Roman Empire. He explains how they perfected trading vessels
from mere rowboats into huge freighters that could carry over a
thousand tons, how they transformed warships from simple oared
transports into complex rowing machines holding hundreds of marines
and even heavy artillery, and how their maritime commerce
progressed from short cautious voyages to a network that reached
from Spain to India.
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