The Navies of Rome Review

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The Navies of Rome ReviewThis is an excellent and readable study of the subject. The chapters are:
P001: Beginnings: Foundation to the First Punic War, 753 to 264 BC
P043: A Great Naval Power: The First Punic War, 264 to 218 BC
P083: Interbellum & The Struggle Resumed, 218 to 201 BC
P119: The Growth of Empire, 201 to 86 BC
P151: The Road to Civil War, 86 to 44 BC
P183: The End of the Republic, 44 to 13 BC
P219: The Early Empire, 12 BC to AD 70
P253: Apogee and Nadir, AD 71 to 285
P285: Renewal and Decline, Ad 285 to 476
Appendices, Bibliography & Index - pp315-348
40 maps and illustrations, 14 colour plates
I really don't have much to say in comment; this is a comprehensive narrative history of the Roman navy, with interspersed "boxes" covering specialist details such as layouts of oar-banks and number of rowers, ship-board artillery and even shield patterns. It is well-written and readable, although, especially in the late-empire period, it does dwell in great detail on the land campaigns - usually when there is not much naval activity - so this is actually a military history of Rome but from a naval viewpoint.
Further reading:
See Hellenistic and Roman Naval Warfare 336BC - 31BC for a discussion of pirates in the ancient world - one man's pirate was another man's merchant adventurer, which might account for the speed with which Pompey cleared the seas, and why the vast majority of pirates were allowed to surrender unharmed; not the behaviour you would expect from the Romans...The Navies of Rome Overview

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