Maritime History Archive
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Testing the Waters: The Role of Sounding-Weights in Ancient Mediterranean Navigation
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsThe sounding weight was the most widely used and critical piece of navigational equipment in the Mediterranean cultures from at least the sixth century B.C. until the appearance of the compass in this region in the eleventh or twelfth century A.D. -
Ancient Greek Technology and Astrology
Posted on September 3, 2012 | No CommentsThe ways that technology, religion, mythology and seafaring overlap one another in antiquity. -
Human labor and harbor capacity at Rome
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper aims to reconstruct and suggest many of the aspects of Roman dock workers including their numbers, hiring practices, and unloading practices. The role of harbor capacity will also be reviewed to understand Rome's ability to safely import several hundred thousand tons and prevent famine. -
Palagru
Posted on June 24, 2012 | No CommentsTo ancient mariners who sailed the open sea, the most important thing was to find and recognize landmarks: islands, capes, promontories and hills. -
More than a Hull: Religious Ritual and Sacred Space on Board the Ancient Ship
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsGreco-Roman religion in the ancient Mediterranean permeated aspects of everyday life, including seafaring. Besides cargo, ships transported mariners' religious beliefs from port to port, thus disseminating religious culture. -
Understanding Carthage as a Roman Port
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No CommentsBecause there was ancient literary evidence about the port of Carthage, scholars took the topic head on from the start of modern scholarly interest in the 19th century, with mixed results. -
PROBLEMS IN THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE PERSONNEL AND THE QUESTION OF MARINES IN THE ROMAN FLEETS
Posted on February 11, 2012 | No CommentsMuch of Roman naval terminology was inherited from the Greeks. -
Piracy in the Ancient World: from Minos to Mohammed
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsThis thesis is an historical analysis of the phenomenon of piracy in the ancient world from the Bronze Age to the Arab conquests. -
Ancient Rome and the Pirates
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsPhilip de Souza considers the impact of piracy on Roman economic and political life -
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor: Minoans and Mycenaeans abroad
Posted on October 23, 2011 | No CommentsRecently, some new finds of frescoes, papyri and weapons of Minoan and Mycenaean inspiration in Egypt and the Near East have brought renewed interest in, and speculation about, the foreign contacts of the Late Bronze Age Aegean
