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| #2003463 in Books | Henry A Ormerod | 1996-12-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.75 x.74 x5.00l,.62 | File type: PDF | 296 pages | Piracy in the Ancient World An Essay in Mediterranean History||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Research Material|By David Stapleton|Not for the faint hearted. Readers can expect to suffer through numerous footnotes, and liberal sprinklings of quotes in Greek, Latin, French and German. That is not to say that the author has done a poor job. The content is very informative, just slow reading.
The author has provided a well put together, bien tenu, history of pir|||"A classic work of scholarship and, typical of a scholastic academic standard long lost, [it] is still the best on its subject." (Alan Cameron Lloyd's List)
|"Still the standard work on ancient piracy." (Lionel Casson, author of Ships an
Seaborne brigands were greatly feared in the ancient world. Pirates not only preyed on merchant ships and fishing craft in the Mediterranean but also wreaked havoc on coastal townstaking men, women, and children to ransom or sell as slaves; raiding treasures; and exacting tribute from fearful town leaders.
Responding to the threat of piracy, the Greeks established their primary cities inland for protection and even in their North African and Sicilian outposts t...
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