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Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Henry Paul Harvey - 1937
This book is a convenient guide to the important names and facts of classical antquity for today's reader. Over 95 articles explain the multiple elements of classical literature, give some account of the principal authors and their subjects, and describe important mythological figures.
Greek and Roman Naval Warfare: A Study of Strategy, Tactics, and Ship Design from Salamis (480 B.C.) to Actium (31 B.C.)
William Ledyard Rodgers - 1937
This reissue of a 1937 classic covers ancient naval warfare from the Greco-Persian War to the Campaign of Actium.PrefaceI Objectives of Naval WarfareII Greco-Persian War- MarathonIII Greco-Persian Wars- Salamis and MycaleIV Peloponnesian WarV Dionysius- Sicily and CarthageVI The Pentere and Its OarsVII Exercises and Stratagems of the Greek FleetsVIII Alexander's Naval CampaignsIX Naval Wars of Alexander's SuccessorsX First Punic WarXI Second Punic WarXII War of Rhodes and Pergamum against MacedonXIII War of Rome and AntiochusXIV Naval Warfare in the First Century B.C.XV Naval Wars of Caesar, 49-45 B.C.XVI Campaign of Philippi, 42 B.C.XVII Sicilian War, 38-36 B.C.XVIII Campaign of Actium, 31 B.C.Index.