Understanding the Big Ship Phenomenon
This book explores the genesis and evolution of a “Macedonian” model of naval warfare when warships of increasingly large size were built by the successors of Alexander the Great. Scholars like W.W. Tarn explained this desire for greater size by the use of these ships as platforms for troops of marines and batteries of catapults that bombarded, grappled and boarded their foes in preference to maneuvering their vessels to deliver ram strikes. In opposition to this view, archaeological and literary evidence suggest a number of strategic factors related to siege warfare that were behind the genesis and evolution of the big ship phenomenon.
Keywords: Tarn, big, ship, grapple, board, maneuver, ram
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