ancient mariners (the seafarers)

Historical lavishly illustrated essay about the ancient mariners.

Contents:

– Traders and warriors on an uncharted sea

– A legendary mariner’s perilous voyages

– An epic clash of East and West

– The lethal evolution of galleys

– An efflorescence of trade

– Alexandria: crossroads of the ancient world

– Soldiers of the sea

– Pax Romana in a sea-centered Empire