03343nam 2200685 450 991046377670332120200520144314.00-19-939174-20-19-066345-60-19-939173-4(CKB)2670000000585267(EBL)1890731(SSID)ssj0001381582(PQKBManifestationID)12508854(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001381582(PQKBWorkID)11437702(PQKB)11415672(MiAaPQ)EBC1890731(Au-PeEL)EBL1890731(CaPaEBR)ebr10995874(CaONFJC)MIL678641(OCoLC)900887786(EXLCZ)99267000000058526720150105h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMastering the West Rome and Carthage at war /Dexter HoyosNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (361 p.)Ancient Warfare and CivilizationDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-986010-6 1-322-47359-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Carthage13 The Triumph of RomeConclusions; Appendix: The Sources; Timeline; Glossary of Special Terms; Notes; Bibliography; IndexTo 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 wAncient warfare and civilization.Punic warsCommand of troopsHistoryTo 1500Mediterranean RegionHistory, MilitaryMediterranean RegionHistoryTo 476RomeHistory, MilitaryCarthage (Extinct city)History, MilitaryElectronic books.Punic wars.Command of troopsHistory937/.04Hoyos B. D(B. Dexter),1944-869573MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463776703321Mastering the West1941404UNINA