• Lionel Casson (July 22, 1914 – July 18, 2009) was a classicist, professor emeritus at New York University, and a specialist in maritime history. He earned...
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    Plutarch. According to these descriptions, supported by modern research by Lionel Casson, the enormous size of the vessel made it impractical and it was built...
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    have even had a zoo for exotic animals. According to classical scholar Lionel Casson, the idea was that if the scholars were completely freed from all the...
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    History Conference' Fremantle. December 1993. Casson, Lionel (1989). The Periplus Maris Erythraei. Lionel Casson. (Translation by H. Frisk, 1927, with updates...
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    100-1600: A Technological Tale, Thesis May 1991, Texas A&M University, p.1 Lionel Casson: Harbour and River Boats of Ancient Rome, The Journal of Roman Studies...
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  • of Ancient India. Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd. p. 301. Lionel Casson 2012, p. 214. Lionel Casson (2012). The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction...
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  • art historian Lewis Casson (1875–1969), British actor, father of Ann Lionel Casson (1914–2009), American classicist Margaret Casson (1913–1999), British...
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    Schoff (1912), §48. Lionel Casson 2012, p. 213. sfn error: no target: CITEREFLionel_Casson2012 (help) Casson (1989), pp. 51–93. Casson (1989), pp. 241–242...
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  • Lionel Cohen may refer to: Lionel Cohen, Baron Cohen (1888–1973), British judge Lionel I. Cohen (1914–2009), changed to Lionel Casson, American classicist...
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    Erythraean Sea. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-904180-05-3. Lionel Casson (ed.), The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation...
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    ISBN 978-1-107-00133-6 Casson, Lionel (1991). The Ancient Mariners (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01477-9. Casson, Lionel (1995). Ships and...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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    structure of this ship have been much discussed in modern scholarship. Lionel Casson proposes that it was a catamaran. It is generally agreed that the tessarakonteres...
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    Economic and Political Weekly. 48 (26–27). 5 June 2015. Lionel Casson 2012, p. 213. Lionel Casson (2012). The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction...
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  • Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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    Previous to the Discovery of the Cape Route. Vol. 1. Hakluyt Society. Lionel Casson, The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text With Introduction, Translation,...
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  • Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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  • Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson CH KCVO PRA RDI (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) was a British architect, also active as an interior designer, an artist, and a writer...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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     160–163. ISBN 978-1-4051-2634-2. Casson, Lionel (1962). Selected Satires of Lucian, Edited and Translated by Lionel Casson. New York City, New York: W. W...
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    the mid-13th century record charters for bireme galleys. Ivlia (ship) Casson, Lionel (1995): "Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World", Johns Hopkins University...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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    history. According to Lucian's oration The Dream, which classical scholar Lionel Casson states he probably delivered as an address upon returning to Samosata...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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    History of Cartography John Brian Harley p.150 The ancient mariners Lionel Casson p.74 A history of ancient Greece Claude Orrieux p.63 Consumption and...
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    Carinate Demijohn, another large container used historically for wine Lionel Casson, scholar of the contents of shipwrecked amphorae Maritime archaeology...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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    Historians David Blackman Lionel Casson Fik Meijer John Sinclair Morrison William L. Rodgers Chester G. Starr Archaeologists George Bass Jean-Yves Empereur...
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