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Logistical modelling of a sea-borne expedition in the Mediterranean: the case of the Byzantine invasion of Crete in AD 960

Lucas McMahonDepartment of History, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 63-94 | Published online: 29 Jun 2021

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