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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.

In English.

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Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface

CHAPTER ONE. Down to the Sea in Ships

CHAPTER TWO. International Trade Begins

CHAPTER THREE. Excavating Under Water

CHAPTER FOUR. War on the Sea

CHAPTER FIVE. Raiders and Traders

CHAPTER SIX. The Dawn of Maritime Exploration

CHAPTER SEVEN. Westward Ho!

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Wooden Walls

CHAPTER NINE. The Merchants of Athens

CHAPTER TEN. Beyond the Pillars of Hercules

CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Age of Titans

CHAPTER TWELVE. Landlubbers to Sea Lords

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. East Meets West

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. New Light on Ancient Ships and Shipping

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Pirates of Cilicia

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Rome Rules the Waves

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. All Routes Lead to Rome

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. An End and a Beginning

Table of Dates

Notes

Index

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