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
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
2020-04-04 19:27:28 +0000 UTCRoman 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.
Naldiin
2020-04-04 19:25:16 +0000 UTCThis 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.
Kit Finn
2020-04-03 20:23:02 +0000 UTC
