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date: 13 June 2025

ships and shipbuilding, Mediterranean 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Author(s):
Aaron BeekAaron Beek

In Mediterranean shipbuilding, the classical traditions held strong in Late Antiquity. Though aware of the frame-first method used in northern Europe, hull-first construction continued throughout Late Antiquity, only gradually giving way to the frame-first method. Intermediate examples of this gradual change have been found in the ... ...

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