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The age of the dromōn : the Byzantine navy ca 500-1204 /

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, monorem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pryor, John H., 1947-
Otros Autores: Jeffreys, Elizabeth, Ibn Manjlī, Muḥammad, active 1362-1376, Shboul, Ahmad M. H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Arabic
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 62.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.