(Quite) new roman navy publication

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone interested in the roman navy,<br>
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I herewith announce a recent and a little remote published publication I don't even own myself (yet), but consider interesting:<br>
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KONEN, Heinrich Clemens: "Classis Germanica. Die römische Rheinflotte im 1. bis 3. Jh. n. Chr." St. Katharinen (Scripta Mercaturae Verlag) 2000; series "PHAROS - Studien zur griechisch-römischen Antike" No. XV. The price is ca. 100 DM resp. ca. 50 Euros shortly. 578 pages, softcover.<br>
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The author is an ancient historian, not an archaeologist and accordingly is better on the ancient written sources and inscriptions than on the archaeological finds and findplaces; all in all his work is not free of errors and omissions but a very useful compilation of the evidence and the history of this fleet.<br>
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Hope somebody finds this hint useful!<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Martin<br>
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<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/umagisternavis.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Magister Navis</A> at: 1/7/02 5:32:09 pm<br></i>

[Praefectusclassis]

Aaaah, I want that! Do you have an ISBN?<br>
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Found it myself, 3-89590-106-7 <p>Greets<BR>
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Jasper</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/ujasperoorthuys.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Jasper Oorthuys</A> at: 12/28/01 1:55:22 pm<br></i>

[JRSCline]

Excellent! Guys, please one of you write us a little review when you digest it ... Would love to know.<br>
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Jenny <p></p><i></i>

[Flavius Promotus]

This review of Dr. Konen's thesis is a little late, but I've become a member of this page here only recently.<br>
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H.C. Konen has written a great work on the Classis Germanica Pia Fidelis (CGPF) which might be called 'a liitle lenghthy' (578 p.), but it is worth every page !<br>
He not only describes the organisation, tasks and fate of the Germanic fleet, but also provides a lot of information on Roman shipping in general and the types of ships used both for military, commercial and logistic purposes (often overlapping).<br>
The most detailed chapters are, of course, those dealing with the Batavian uprising in the aftermath of 68/69 AD. However, even if the CGPF is not mentioned any longer after the mid 3rd century, Konen also writes about later Roman fleets on the Rhine, and also deals to a certain extent with the classis Britannica and the events around Carausius and Allectus.<br>
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The whole book must have taken him A LOT OF TIME to complete, the bibliography alone has about 60 pages ! There is also a long description of the geological and especially hydrological situation of the Rhine zone and the modern area of the Netherlands, which (allegedly) would already have sufficed for a proper doctoral thesis.<br>
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All in all a MUST for anybody dealing with Roman fleets of the imperial age. I don't know the actual price, since I got a cheaper example from the author himself (with signature <p></p><i></i>

[Flavius Promotus]

(sorry, have to post this in two parts - computer gave me a kick)<br>
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Konen's book is in German, but he wrote it in a plain and uncomplicated stile. Furthermore, it includes also a lot of information on other Roman fleets and their backgrounds. Since I'm in the process of writing something longer about the Danube fleets, I find Konen's book very helpful.<br>
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If anybody is looking for more information on Roman shipping on Rhine and Danube, try to find essays from Olaf Höckmann. Not without some historical errors, but he is a real expert on shipwrecks.<br>
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The reconstruction of a Mainz Type A patrol boat at the RGZM (Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum) is based largely on his research.<br>
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[Anonymous]

o deus maximus! I hope it has been getting cheaper in the meantime, cause 50 € is really a lot of money.<br>
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For those, who have already read this book: Are the pictures helpful for people, who work on models of Roman ships? (someting like "Blaupausen" would be great <br>
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[Praefectusclassis]

Nope. This book is not for people who love clear pictures, a pity. <p>Greets<br>
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Jasper</p><i></i>