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The life of Rome's fiercest would-be conquerer

Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. --- Generals --- Campaigns. --- Hannibal, --- Military leadership. --- Carthage (Extinct city) --- Carthage (Ancient city) --- Carthago (Extinct city) --- Kart Hadasht (Extinct city) --- Qarțājannah (Extinct city) --- Tunisia --- History, Military. --- Antiquities

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Founded upon more than a century of civil bloodshed, the first imperial regime of ancient Rome, the Principate of Caesar Augustus, looked at Rome's distant and glorious past in order to justify and promote its existence under the disguise of a restoration of the old Republic. In doing so, it used and revisited the history and myth of Rome's major success against external enemies: the wars against Carthage. This book explores the ideological use of Carthage in the most authoritative of the Augustan literary texts, the Aeneid of Virgil. It analyses the ideological portrait of Carthaginians from the middle Republic and the truth-twisting involved in writing about the Punic Wars under the Principate. It also investigates the mirroring between Carthage and Rome in a poem whose primary concern was rather the traumatic memory of Civil War and the subsequent subversion of Rome's Republican institutions through the establishment of Augustus' Principate.

Epic poetry, Latin --- History and criticism. --- Virgil. --- Carthage (Extinct city) --- Rome --- In literature. --- History --- History and criticism --- Carthage (Ancient city) --- Carthago (Extinct city) --- Kart Hadasht (Extinct city) --- Qarțājannah (Extinct city) --- Tunisia --- Antiquities --- E-books --- Epic poetry, Latin. --- Literature. --- Aeneis (Virgil). --- HISTORY / Ancient / General

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The epic struggle between Carthage and Rome, two of the superpowers of the ancient world, is most famous for land battles in Italy, on the Iberian peninsula and in North Africa. But warfare at sea, which played a vital role in the First and Second Punic Wars, rarely receives the attention it deserves. And it is the monumental clashes of the Carthaginian and Roman fleets in the Mediterranean that are the focus of Christa Steinby's absorbing study. She exploits new evidence, including the latest archaeological discoveries, and she looks afresh at the ancient sources and quotes extensively from t

Punic wars. --- Command of troops --- Leadership, Military --- Military leadership --- Troops, Command of --- Military art and science --- Leadership --- History --- Mediterranean Region --- Rome --- Carthage (Extinct city) --- Carthage (Ancient city) --- Carthago (Extinct city) --- Kart Hadasht (Extinct city) --- Qarțājannah (Extinct city) --- Tunisia --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- History, Military. --- Antiquities --- To 476

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Trebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire. Even today Hannibal's brilliant, if ultimately unsuccessful, campaign against Rome during the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) make him one of history's most celebrated military leaders. This biography by Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-27 BC) sketches Hannibal's life from the time he began traveling with his father's army as a young boy, through his sixteen-year invasion of Italy and his tumultuous political career in Carthage, to his perilous exile and eventual suicide in the East.As Rome completed its bloody transition from dysfunctional republic to stable monarchy, Nepos labored to complete an innovative and influential collection of concise biographies. Putting aside the detailed, chronological accounts of military campaigns and political machinations that characterized most writing about history, Nepos surveyed Roman and Greek history for distinguished men who excelled in a range of prestigious occupations. In the exploits and achievements of these illustrious men, Nepos hoped that his readers would find models for the honorable conduct of their own lives. Although most of Nepos' works have been lost, we are fortunate to have his biography of Hannibal. Nepos offers a surprisingly balanced portrayal of a man that most Roman authors vilified as the most monstrous foe that Rome had ever faced.Nepos' straightforward style and his preference for common vocabulary make Life of Hannibal accessible for those who are just beginning to read continuous Latin prose, while the historical interest of the subject make it compelling for readers of every ability. This book contains embedded audio files of the original text read aloud by Christopher Francese.

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"A history of the Punic Wars intended for all audiences"-- "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 western Mediterranean, while treating a full range of themes: the antagonists' military, naval, economic, and demographic resources; the political structures of both republics; and the postwar impact of the conflicts on the participants and victims. The narrative also investigates questions of leadership and the contributions and mistakes of leaders like Hannibal, Fabius the Delayer, Scipio Africanus, Masinissa, and Scipio Aemilianus. Dexter Hoyos, a leading expert of the period, treats the two great powers evenly, without neglecting the important roles played by Syracuse, Macedon, and especially Numidia. Written with verve in a clear, accessible style, with a range of illustrations and newly-commissioned maps, Mastering the West will be the most reliable and engaging narrative of this pivotal era in ancient history"--

Punic wars. --- Command of troops --- Guerres puniques --- Commandement des troupes --- History --- Histoire --- Mediterranean Region --- Rome --- Carthage (Extinct city) --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Carthage (Ville ancienne) --- History, Military. --- Histoire militaire --- Command of troops. --- Punische Kriege. --- Ancient --- General. --- Rome. --- Military --- To 1500. --- Mediterranean Region. --- Rome (Empire). --- Tunisia --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. --- HISTORY / Military / General. --- Leadership, Military --- Military leadership --- Troops, Command of --- Military art and science --- Leadership --- Carthage (Ancient city) --- Carthago (Extinct city) --- Kart Hadasht (Extinct city) --- Qarțājannah (Extinct city) --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Antiquities