10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROMON»
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The Age of the Dromōn: The Byzantine Navy Ca. 500-1204
This volume examines the development and evolution of the war galley known as the Dromon, and its relative, the Chelandion, from first appearance in the sixth century until its supercession in the twelfth century by the Galea developed in ...
John H. Pryor, Elizabeth M. Jeffreys, 2011
2
Geography, Technology, and War: Studies in the Maritime ...
Figure 19 Byzantine dromon of the twelfth century, from a MS of the Sermons of
St Gregory of Nazianzus in the monastery of the Panteleimon, Mount Atlios
forward, a ram below water at the prow, and sometimes a fighting castle
amidships.
3
Renaissance War Galley 1470-1590
The real roots of the war galleys of the Renaissance can be traced back to the
Byzantine dromon and Arabic shelandi which operated in the Eastern
Mediterranean for centuries. Unfortunately little is known about these craft though
they clearly ...
4
An Introduction to Menander
Then in the second act Stratophanes and Dromon discuss the situation;
Moschion enters from house B, recognises Dromon as the attendant of the girl
whom he had seen the day before, and listens.1°° Stratophanes goes in and
Moschion ...
Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster, 1974
5
The Plays and Fragments
360 Enter dromon from the city, talking to himself. dromon. Young mistress is now
safe and guarded well, Now I must find her father — [Lacuna of four lines;
supplements speculative.] kichesias {seeing dromon] . Who is here? I cannot
believe ...
Menander (of Athens.), 2001
6
Byzantium: Church, Society, and Civilization Seen Through ...
The Byzantine Dromon (From the Taktikon of Nicephorus Ouranos, in
Naumachika, ed. A. Dain [Paris, 1943] pp. 71 -72, sections 3-5, 8.) The
construction of the dromon should be neither too massive (for it will not respond
easily) nor too light, ...
Deno John Geanakoplos, 1984
7
Naval Warfare Under Oars, 4th to 16th Centuries: A Study of ...
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V As time passed, the ships to which the term "dromon
" applied became larger, than in the time of Procopius. The Emperor Leo VI, the
Wise, who reigned and wrote about 900 a.d., says in his Tactica, Your dromons ...
William Ledyard Rodgers, 1939
8
The Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and ...
Getzel M. Cohen. THE ETHNIC “BABYLONIAN” IG XII.5 715 ( I I. Estremo Oriente
99) is an inscription from the island of Andros. It records a decree of Andros that
honors a certain Dromon son of Phanodemos, a Bafivlwbvloc, and is dated ...
9
Histoire, Geographie, Et Statistique de Departement Des ...
point ancien, il n'a prévalu qu'après la destruction du château féodal de Dromon,
et de nos jours encore, on appelle cette com mune Dromon-Saint-Geniès, ou
Saint-Geniès de Dromon. On tait venir l'étymologie de Dromon du celtique Dro, ...
10
Float Your Boat!: The Evolution and Science of Sailing
The dromon was oar-powered like the galleys, but unlike them it possessed a
significant amount of canvas, in the form of two large lateen sails hung from two
masts. Wind power was as important as oar propulsion. These vessels must have
...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROMON»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
dromon is used in the context of the following news items.
Paris MOU: “Adjusting Course” – 2014 Annual Report
The combinations of the Republic of Moldova with Dromon Bureau of Shipping and Venezuelan Register of Shipping, as well as Togo with ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»
Paris MOU bans two
Its classification society is Dromon Bureau of Shipping. On November 17, 2014 M/V ETAB (IMO number 6609779 )was detained in Tarragona ... «Marine Log, Dec 14»
The Age of the Dromon: The Byzantine Navy, ca. 500-1204
The dromon or “runner” was the standard oared warship of this period. With 54 oars on each side, arranged in two banks, above and below deck, it could ... «Strategy Page, Dec 12»
Technologies that we've lost - and the quest to find them again
It was a weapon system, composed of dromon, tube, caldron, and liquid. To steal the secret it was necessary to steal all the components. «io9, Feb 12»
