The article below was presented as a lecture at the New York Military Affairs Symposium at the City University of New York facility in Manhattan on June 25, 2004. It s the core of a planned book-length treatment on ancient maritime power, which will be more than a simple rebuttal to Starr. (Posted courtesy the author.)
A Rejoinder to an 1989 survey by Chester Starr, The Influence of Sea Power on Ancient History.
by Jim BloomI. Chester Starr Adrift
II. Sea Power in the Second Punic War
III. PAX ROMANA AT SEA: The Naval Factor in the Roman-Jewish War
IV. CONCLUSION: Ancient Ships as Instruments of Empire
