Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Page 210
... naval force to the area and seized Corcyra , one of the main bases of the pirates . Although they retained it only as a naval station , making it nominally a " free state " , the writing was on the wall for the Greeks . They would ...
... naval force to the area and seized Corcyra , one of the main bases of the pirates . Although they retained it only as a naval station , making it nominally a " free state " , the writing was on the wall for the Greeks . They would ...
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... naval allies " . In contradistinction to Carthage , where the native citizens formed the major part of the crews of the warships while the army was largely mercenary , Roman citizens formed their army while they relied upon foreign ...
... naval allies " . In contradistinction to Carthage , where the native citizens formed the major part of the crews of the warships while the army was largely mercenary , Roman citizens formed their army while they relied upon foreign ...
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... naval tactics . The fact was that , whereas the two northern nations were able to concentrate their efforts on building ships suitable for the Atlantic and the North Sea , Spain was in the unhappy position of conducting a war upon two ...
... naval tactics . The fact was that , whereas the two northern nations were able to concentrate their efforts on building ships suitable for the Atlantic and the North Sea , Spain was in the unhappy position of conducting a war upon two ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind