Sailing from Polis to Empire 2

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

In Memoriam: Ruthy Gertwagen (1952–2022) – Jeannine Horowitz

List of authors

Introduction

1. Hellenistic Ships and Harbours: Recent Discoveries and Current Challenges for a Maritime History – Emmanuel Nantet

Part I: Harbour Depths and Ship Sizes: Environmental Concerns and Connectivity

2. The Size, Depth, and Capacity of the Hellenistic Harbours of the Aegean: Delos, Thasos, and Piraeus as Case Studies – Ioannis Nakas

3. Against the Currents: Some examples of the Resilience of Hellenistic Harbours in Response to Environmental Stress – Chiara Maria Mauro

4. Hellenistic Akko in Perspective: Towards a Contextualization of Ancient Maritime Hubs – Paula Rut Zajac

5. Cyrenaica and the Hellenistic Mediterranean: Harbours and Maritime Connectivity in the Libyan Sea – François Chevrollier

Part II: Ships and Maritime Technology

6. The Hellenistic Apollonia 1 Shipwreck, Libya: New Insights and A Reappraisal – Luc Long

7. Understanding the Spring-Back Phenomenon in Wood and its Effect on Ship Strength – Moshe Bram and Yoav Me-Bar

8. The Attalid Navy of Pergamon: Origin, its Ships, and Military Ports – Guy Christian Messaii

Part III: Maritime Connectivity and the Western Mediterranean

9. Connecting Syracuse with the East: Contrasting Sea Routes for Ancient Warships and Merchantmen – Pascal Warnking

10. The Maritime Transport of Sculptures in the Mediterranean during the Hellenistic Period (4th to 1st centuries BCE) – Katerina Velentza

11. Statues tirées des eaux et autres fortunes de mer – Martin Galinier

Conclusive Thoughts

12. The Ship: The Unsung Hero of Maritime History – Emmanuel Nantet

About the Author

Emmanuel Nantet is a historian and maritime archaeologist at the University of Haifa, affiliated with the Department of Maritime Civilizations and the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies. His research focuses on ancient navigation, maritime trade, and harbour archaeology. He is the author of Phortia. Le tonnage des navires de commerce en Méditerranée du VIIIe siècle av. l’ère chrétienne au VIIe siècle de l’ère chrétienne (2016). He has directed terrestrial and underwater archaeological excavations in France, Israel, and Italy. He currently leads SHIPs, a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant project investigating Roman harbours in the Mediterranean.