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- catalog abstract ""Available again in paperback, Henry Ormerod's classic Piracy in the Ancient World brings the treachery of the ancient high seas alive. Drawing on the works of Homer and Thucydides and the historical records that have survived from ancient Greece and Rome, Ormerod reconstructs the dangers of coastal living and seafaring and the attempts of ancient society to protect itself against the threat of invasion from the seas. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10891053.
- catalog coverage "Mediterranean Region History To 476.".
- catalog coverage "Mediterranean Region History.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""Available again in paperback, Henry Ormerod's classic Piracy in the Ancient World brings the treachery of the ancient high seas alive. Drawing on the works of Homer and Thucydides and the historical records that have survived from ancient Greece and Rome, Ormerod reconstructs the dangers of coastal living and seafaring and the attempts of ancient society to protect itself against the threat of invasion from the seas. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. I. Depredations Committed on the Seas -- Ch. II. Piracy, Privateering and Reprisals -- Ch. III. The Eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Wars -- Ch. IV. The Eastern Mediterranean from 480 to 200 B.C. -- Ch. V. The Western Seas, the Adriatic and Rome -- Ch. VI. The Pirates of Cilicia -- Ch. VII. The Empire.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "286 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801855055 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mediterranean Region History To 476.".
- catalog spatial "Mediterranean Region History.".
- catalog spatial "Mediterranean Region".
- catalog subject "DC61.P5 O76 1997".
- catalog subject "Pirates Mediterranean Region History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. I. Depredations Committed on the Seas -- Ch. II. Piracy, Privateering and Reprisals -- Ch. III. The Eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Wars -- Ch. IV. The Eastern Mediterranean from 480 to 200 B.C. -- Ch. V. The Western Seas, the Adriatic and Rome -- Ch. VI. The Pirates of Cilicia -- Ch. VII. The Empire.".
- catalog title "Piracy in the ancient world : an essay in Mediterranean history / by Henry A. Ormerod.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".