Bibliography

Last updated: 31 October 2006 (Add Welsh, F.R.)

There is a number of books available on the topic of ancient ships, but these are just a few to act as a starting point.

Casson, L.

Ships and Seafaring in Ancient Times

British Museum Press, 1994

Coates, J.F.

The Trireme Sails Again

Scientific American, April 1989, pp68-75

Coates, J.F.

Tilley's and Morrison's Triremes - evidence and practicality

Antiquity, Vol 69, pp 159-162, 1995

Morrison, J.S. (Consultant Ed.)

The Age of the Galley - Mediterranean Vessels since Pre-Classical Times

Conway's History of Ships Series, 1995

Morrison, J.S. (with contributions from J.F. Coates)

Greek and Roman Oared Warships 399-30 BC

Oxbow Monograph No. 62 (1996)

Morrison, J.S., Coates, J.F. and Rankov, N.B.

The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship (2nd edition)

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Cambridge University Press catalogue

Google Books

BBC Magazine Review

Morrison, J.S., and J.F. Coates

The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship

Cambridge University Press, 1986

Morrison, J.S., and R.T. Williams

Greek Oared Ships, 900-322 B.C

Cambridge University Press, 1968

Peck, Rosemary

Athenian Naval Finance in the Classical Period:

The trierarchy, its place in Athenian society, and how much did a trieres cost?

University of Leicester, dissertation submitted March 2001

Shaw, T.

The Trireme Project: Operational Experience 1987-90, Lessons Learnt

Oxbow Monograph No 31 (1993)

Tilley, A.

Three men to a room - a completely different Trireme

Antiquity, Vol 66, No. 252, Sept 1992

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Welsh, F.R.

Building The Trireme

Constable, 1988

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