Naldiin
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March update
🕑 Added 2020-04-01 14:19:23 +0000 UTCAmici et Amicae!
I'm doing a bit of an experiment this month - I've recorded by update as an audio file. I'm still quite new at that sort of thing, so I know it's a bit bumpy - truncating out the silences eats the back end of a few mumbled words and I need to train myself not to 'um' on mic (which is odd - I don't do it in a stand-up lecture. This month has been an education on how differently I talk through a mic or a laptop camera than I do in person).
That said, it lets me record a rather more involved discussion relatively more quickly.
Feel free to comment as to if you preferred the written-out update style of last month, or the audio-log style of this month.
Works referenced in the audio:
Boeckh, A. Urkunden über das Seewesen des attischen Staates. Berlin: G. Reimer, 1840.
Crawford, M. H. Roman Republican Coinage. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Gabrielsen, V. Financing the Athenian Fleet: Public Taxation and Social Relations. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Loomis, W. T. Wages, Welfare Costs and Inflation in Classical Athens. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan press, 1998.
Loreto, L. La Grande Strategia di Roma nell’età della Prima Guerra punica (ca. 273 – ca. 229 a.C.): L’inizio di un paradosso. Napoli: Jovene Editore, 2007.
Morrison, J. S. and J. F. Coates. The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Morrison, J. S. and J. F. Coates. Greek and Roman Oared Warships. Oxford: Oxbow, 1996.
Pritchard, D. M. Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015.
Comments
Naldiin
It seems like there is a preference for written updates, especially considering the accessibility issues, so I think I'll go ahead and focus on doing those for next month. I might still do some informal 'chats' like this again, but probably keep the main updates in written form. Thanks!
Naldiin
Roman fleets during the second century are generally smaller, but then none of the Hellenistic powers really tries to slug it out in a naval war against the Romans - they cede the seas pretty quickly. Some of the fleets of the Roman Civil Wars - especially in the late stages (Naulochus, Actium) may be about as big, but the numbers there are *much* less certain and more confused. After that, the Roman navy is much smaller, since pirate suppression doesn't require huge fleets; it also increasingly focuses on smaller ship classes, which are better for patrol and coastal work.
Kit Finn
This was really cool, thanks! I'd interested to see how this level of spending would compare with other naval wars fought by Rome, or, indeed, the 'keep a few squadrons around to discourage the pirates' level of naval expenditure of the Imperial period.
