The Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ: The Byzantine Navy CA 500-1204

by John H. Pryor

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 the Latin West. Beginning as a small, fully-decked, monoreme galley, by the tenth century the Dromon had become a bireme, the pre-eminent war galley of the Mediterranean. The salient features...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004151974
• ISBN13: 9789004151970
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 3.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"