LEADER 03366nam 2200685 450 001 9910788063103321 005 20230807204653.0 010 $a0-19-939174-2 010 $a0-19-066345-6 010 $a0-19-939173-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000585267 035 $a(EBL)1890731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001381582 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12508854 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001381582 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11437702 035 $a(PQKB)11415672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1890731 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1890731 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10995874 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL678641 035 $a(OCoLC)900887786 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000585267 100 $a20150105h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMastering the West $eRome and Carthage at war /$fDexter Hoyos 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 225 1 $aAncient Warfare and Civilization 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-986010-6 311 $a1-322-47359-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSeries; 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 327 $a13 The Triumph of RomeConclusions; Appendix: The Sources; Timeline; Glossary of Special Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aTo say the Punic Wars (264-146 BC) were a turning point in world history is a vast understatement. This bloody and protracted conflict pitted two flourishing Mediterranean powers against one another, leaving one an unrivalled giant and the other a literal pile of ash. To later observers, a collision between these civilizations seemed inevitable and yet to the Romans and Carthaginians at the time hostilities first erupted seemingly out of nowhere, with what were expected to be inconsequential results. Mastering the West offers a thoroughly engrossing narrative of this century of battle in the w 410 0$aAncient warfare and civilization. 606 $aPunic wars 606 $aCommand of troops$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory, Military 607 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory$yTo 476 607 $aRome$xHistory, Military 607 $aCarthage (Extinct city)$xHistory, Military 615 0$aPunic wars. 615 0$aCommand of troops$xHistory 676 $a937/.04 686 $aHIS002000$aHIS002020$aHIS027000$2bisacsh 700 $aHoyos$b B. D$g(B. Dexter),$f1944-$0869573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788063103321 996 $aMastering the West$93820838 997 $aUNINA