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1. Early period (4th – mid-7th centuries)

1.1 Naval tradition (supreme navy of the Mediterranean since the First Punic War, no naval threat since Pompey's war against the pirates, most battles in the civil wars, securing the grain supply)

1.1.1 Organization of the Late Roman Navy (+ readiness and training)

1.1.2 Ships of the Late Roman navy (light ships, lembi, early dromons + numbers)

1.2 Fighting the barbarians (what kind of ships did the enemy use, what kind of warfare did they wage)

1.2.1 Civil wars and barbarian invasions: the 4th and 5th centuries

1.2.2 The 6th century – Justinian restores Roman control over the Mediterranean

2.Middle period (late 7th century – 1070s) 2.1 Reorganization (fighting a naval great power)

2.1.1 The Imperial battle fleet (as is evident from the article there were naval themes and a central battlefleet or central battlefleets)

2.1.2 The naval themes

2.1.3 Manpower and size

2.1.4 Rank structure

2.1.5 New shiptypes (especially the dromon)

2.2 The struggle against the Arabs

2.2.1 The emergence of the Arab naval threat

2.2.2 The Byzantine counter-offensive

2.2.3 Renewed Muslim ascendancy

2.3 The "Byzantine Reconquest"

2.3.1 The reign of Basil I

2.3.2 Arab raids during the reign of Leo VI

2.3.3 The recovery of Crete and the Levant

3. Late period (1080s – 1453)

3.1 Reformation (higher reliance on naval allies, threats by pirates, not so much change as the reorganization)(" equipping ships on an ad hoc basis only" means merchant ships were equipped for war, a profound change in combat)

3.1.1 The reforms of the Komnenoi

3.1.2 The navy of Michael VIII Palaiologos

3.1.3 The Italian allies (what part did they play in the Byzantine navy's defence structure)

3.1.4 Italian influences (influences on ship construction by the Italians)

3.2 Komnenian period

3.2.1 Decline during the 11th century

3.2.2 Attempts at recovery under Alexios I and John II

3.2.3 The naval expeditions of Manuel I

3.3 Decline

3.3.1 The Angeloi dynasty

3.3.2 Nicaea and the Palaiologan period

4 Tactics and weapons

4.1 Naval strategy, logistics and tactics

4.2 Armament (rise of the crossbow, see Nicolle)

4.3 Greek fire