Lionel Casson Books

Presented here is an accurate picture of the current status of investigations into ancient mysteries.

Telling the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets, a renowned classicist takes readers on a lively tour from the royal libraries of the ancient Near East to the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, down to the first Christian monastic libraries, explaining what books were acquired and how. Illustrations.

Written to replace and extend Torr's Ancient Ships, this generously illustrated underwater Bible traces the art and technology of Mediterranean ships and seamanship from their first crude stages (about 3000 B.C.) to the heyday of the Byzantine fleets. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Includes the story of all that the ancients accomplished on the sea from the earliest times to the end of the Roman Empire. This title explains how they perfected trading vessels from mere rowboats into huge freighters that could carry over a thousand tons and how they transformed warships from simple oared transports into complex rowing machines.

Text und prächtige Fotografien zeigen die Kunst und Schätze der verschiedenen barbarischen Gruppen, einschließlich der Skythen, Kelten, Franken, Sachsen und Wikinger.

Inhalt: Vom Meer in die Schiffe – Internationaler Handel beginnt – Krieg auf dem Meer – Räuber und Händler – Der Beginn der maritimen Erkundung – Nach Westen! – Die hölzernen Wände – Die Händler von Athen – Jenseits der Säulen des Herkules – Das Zeitalter der Titanen – Vom Landratten zu Seelords – Osten trifft Westen – Seeschiffbau – Die Piraten von Kilikien – Rom beherrscht die Wellen – Alle Wege führen nach Rom – Ein Ende und ein Anfang.

( Sach- und Liebhaberbücherei.) 76 Phot. a. Taf., 5 Farbtaf., zahlr. Zeichn. i. Text 450 S.