Mastering the West : Rome and Carthage at war / / Dexter Hoyos
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| Autore: |
Hoyos B. D (B. Dexter), <1944->
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| Titolo: |
Mastering the West : Rome and Carthage at war / / Dexter Hoyos
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 937/.04 |
| Soggetto topico: | Punic wars |
| Command of troops - History - To 1500 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mediterranean Region History, Military |
| Mediterranean Region History To 476 | |
| Rome History, Military | |
| Carthage (Extinct city) History, Military | |
| Classificazione: | HIS002000HIS002020HIS027000 |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mastering the West |
| ISBN: | 0-19-939174-2 |
| 0-19-066345-6 | |
| 0-19-939173-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807438203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ancient warfare and civilization.