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100	1		_aPryor, John, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ : _bThe Byzantine Navy ca 500-1204 / _cJohn Pryor, Elizabeth M. Jeffreys.
246	3		_aThe Byzantine Navy ca 500-1204
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2006.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe Medieval Mediterranean ; _v62
490	1		_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPreface and Appreciations -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Note on Orthography, Translation, Citation, and Dating -- Note on Metrology and Hours of Daylight -- Selective Gazeteer of historical place names -- Selective Glossary of Greek, Latin, and Arabic terminology -- Glossary of English nautical terminology -- Note on citation of Greek and Latin Glossaries -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The operational context -- The first period, ca 400-560: the Germanic assault and imperial recovery -- The second period, ca 560-750: the Muslim assault and imperial recovery -- The third period, ca 750-875: equilibrium of chaos -- The fourth period, ca 875-1025: Byzantine ascendancy -- The fifth period, ca 1025-1204: the triumph of the Latin West -- Chapter Two: The origins of the Dromon -- First mentions -- Deck and oarage system -- The ram and the spur -- Square sails and lateen sails -- Chapter Three: From the sixth to ninth centuries -- Chapter Four: The Dromon in the age of the Macedonian emperors -- (a) The sources -- (b) Terminology and ship types -- (c) Hull -- (d) Prow -- (e) Poop -- (f) Deck and Castles -- (g) Masts, yards, and sails -- (h) Rigging -- (i) Crews -- (j) Oarage system and dimensions -- (k) Horse transports -- (l) Performance capabilities, water supplies, and logistics -- (m) Armaments -- (n) Tactics, strategy, and techniques -- Chapter Five: The demise of the Dromon -- Chapter Six: The triumph of the Galea -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Appendix One: Syrianos Magistros, Naumacivai Surianou Magivstrou, edition and translation -- Appendix Two: Leo VI, Naumacika; Levonto" Basilevw", edition and translation -- Appendix Three: Anonymous, Naumacika; suntacqevnta para; Basileivou patrikivou kai; parakoimoumevnou, edition and translation -- Appendix Four: Fleets, armaments, and equipment for dromons, pamphyloi, and ousiaka chelandia according to the inventories for the expeditions to Crete of 911 and 949 in the -- De cerimoniis aule Byzantinae attributed to Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos -- Appendix Five: Nikephoros Ouranos, Peri; qalassomaciva", edition and translation -- Appendix Six: Greek Fire -- Appendix Seven: The galleys of the manuscript, Madrid, Biblioteca National, vitr. 26-2, of John Skylitzes' Synopsis historion and its dating and art styles -- Appendix Eight: Muhammad ibn Mankalı, [a] Al-Adilla al-Rasmiyya fı 'l-Ta'a bı al-H arbiyya [b] Al-Ahka m al-Mulu kiyya wa 'l-Dawa bit al-Na musiyya, translation -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Acknowledgments.
520			_aThis 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aNaval art and science _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		0	_aWarships _xByzantine Empire.
700	1		_aJeffreys, Elizabeth M., _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tThe Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ : The Byzantine Navy ca 500-1204. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2006 _z9789004151970 _w(DLC) 2006282535 _w(OCoLC)70268234
830		0	_aThe Medieval Mediterranean ; _v62.
830		0	_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047409939
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