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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463776703321

Autore

Hoyos B. D (B. Dexter), <1944->

Titolo

Mastering the West : Rome and Carthage at war / / Dexter Hoyos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-939174-2

0-19-066345-6

0-19-939173-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Ancient Warfare and Civilization

Disciplina

937/.04

Soggetti

Punic wars

Command of troops - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Mediterranean Region History, Military

Mediterranean Region History To 476

Rome History, Military

Carthage (Extinct city) History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series; Mastering the West; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE ROME AND CARTHAGE: 264 bc; 1 Two Republics; 2 Fighting the Enemy; PART TWO THE FIRST PUNIC WAR AND AFTERMATH: 264-218; 3 Sicily and Its Seas: 264-257; 4 Africa and After: 256-249; 5 Stalemate and Checkmate: 249-241; 6 Between the Wars: 241-218; PART THREE THE SECOND PUNIC WAR: 218-201; 7 Hannibal's Invasion; 8 Hannibal's Zenith; 9 The War beyond Italy; 10 Carthage in Retreat: 210-206; 11 Scipio and Roman Victory; PART FOUR THE LAST CONFLICT; 12 Rome, Masinissa, and Carthage

13 The Triumph of RomeConclusions; Appendix: The Sources; Timeline; Glossary of Special Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

To say the Punic Wars (264-146 BC) were a turning point in world history is a vast understatement. This bloody and protracted conflict



pitted two flourishing Mediterranean powers against one another, leaving one an unrivalled giant and the other a literal pile of ash. To later observers, a collision between these civilizations seemed inevitable and yet to the Romans and Carthaginians at the time hostilities first erupted seemingly out of nowhere, with what were expected to be inconsequential results. Mastering the West offers a thoroughly engrossing narrative of this century of battle in the w