Dexter Hoyos

Mastering the West

Rome and Carthage at War

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Produktbeschreibung

A tour de force of military history that recounts a critical turning-point in the history of Rome

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 158mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9780190663452
• ISBN-10: 0190663456
• Artikelnr.: 47722540

Autorenporträt

Dexter Hoyos is retired Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney, Australia. His many books include, most recently, Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy, The Carthaginians, A Companion to the Punic Wars, Livy: Rome's Italian Wars (with J. C. Yardley), and A Companion to Roman Imperialism

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE
ROME AND CARTHAGE: 264 BC
1. Two Republics
2. Warfare
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, 218-211
8. The War beyond Italy
9. Scipio and Roman Victory: 210-201
PART FOUR
THE LAST CONFLICT
10. Rome, Masinissa, and Carthage
11. The Triumph of Rome
Conclusions
Appendix 152
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