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Rome and Carthage: the Punic Wars 264 B.C. to 146 B.C.
Bosworth Smith
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Rome and Carthage: the Punic Wars 264 B.C. to 146 B.C.
Bosworth Smith
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"The battles for control of the lands of Middle SeaThis book usefully, concisely and comprehensively describes the history of the conflict that raged for a century between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire. In the ancient world these were among the largest conflicts ever fought. At the outset of this struggle the Carthaginians, who had come from Phoenician beginnings, were the dominant power in the Mediterranean region. Rome was aggressively in the ascendant grasping territory with ruthless efficiency. Each side realised that there was only room for one power of imperial influence in the region and that this was a war without compromise—victory or annihilation. The famous and infamous commanders of both forces appear within these pages, including the indomitable Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus, together with the equally renowned battles and campaigns that they fought from Spain to Italy and upon the sands of North Africa itself. The contest resulted, of course, in the destruction of Carthage as Rome rose to be the most significant imperial power of the ancient world. Contains useful battle field maps."-Print ed.
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Indice dei contenuti
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- PREFACE.
- MAPS.
- CHAPTER I. — CARTHAGE.
- CHAPTER II. — ROME.
- CHAPTER III. — FIRST PUNIC WAR. — (264-262 B.C.)
- CHAPTER IV. — FIRST ROMAN FLEET. BATTLES OF MYLÆ AND ECNOMUS. — (262-256 B.C.)
- CHAPTER V. — INVASION OF AFRICA. REGULUS AND XANTHIPPUS. — (256-250 B.C.)
- CHAPTER VI. — HAMILCAR BARCA AND THE SIEGE OF LILYBÆUM. — (B.C. 250-241.)
- CHAPTER VII. — HAMILCAR BARCA AND THE MERCENARY WAR. — (B.C. 241-238.)
- CHAPTER VIII. — HAMILCAR BARCA IN AFRICA AND SPAIN. — (B.C. 238-219.)
- CHAPTER IX. — SECOND PUNIC WAR. — (B.C. 218-201.)
- CHAPTER X. — BATTLES OF TREBIA AND TRASIMENE. — (B.C. 218-217.)
- CHAPTER XI. — HANNIBAL OVERRUNS CENTRAL ITALY. — (B.C. 217-216.)
- CHAPTER XII. — BATTLE OF CANNÆ. CHARACTER OF HANNIBAL. — (B.C. 216.)
- CHAPTER XIII. — REVOLT OF CAPUA. SIEGE OF SYRACUSE. — (B.C. 216-212.)
- CHAPTER XIV. — SIEGE OF CAPUA AND HANNIBAL’S MARCH ON ROME. — (212-208 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XV. — BATTLE OF THE METAURUS. — (207 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XVI. — P. CORNELIUS SCIPIO. — (210-206 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XVII. — THE WAR IN AFRICA. BATTLE OF ZAMA. — (206-202 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XVIII. — CARTHAGE AT THE MERCY OF ROME. — (201-150 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XIX. — DESTRUCTION OF CARTHAGE. — (149-146 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XX. — CARTHAGE AS IT IS. — Interest of a visit to Carthage.