
Hannibal
Rome's Greatest Enemy
Dexter Hoyos(Author)
Bristol Phoenix Press
Will be published approx. on 9. May 2008
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-904675-46-4 (ISBN)
Description
Hannibal's enduring reputation as a man and as a general is due to his enemies' fascination with him. The way his legend was shaped in the Greek and Roman consciousness is one of the book's main themes. Under Hannibal's leadership, Carthage came close to dominating the western Mediterranean; his total victory would have changed the course of history. That he was a brilliant general is unquestioned and his strategy and tactics have been studied as real-life lessons in war even into the modern era (Norman Schwartzkopf is a fan). His political career is less appreciated and his achievements as civilian leader of Carthage in 196-5 BC have been virtually overlooked. The issue of whether he might indeed have changed history had he postponed conflict with Rome and concentrated first on Carthage's own prosperity and safety is explored in this volume as vigorously as the military questions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Liverpool University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-904675-46-4 (9781904675464)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dexter Hoyos is Professor of Classics and Ancient History in the University of Sydney and author of Unplanned Wars: the Origins of the First and Second Punic Wars (1998) and Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC (2003).
Content
Illustrations
Preface
Hannibal's chronology
Maps
Italy and Sicily in Hannibal's time
The Western Mediterranean in Hannibal's time
Southern Italy 216-203 BC
The Eastern Mediterranean around 200 BC
1 Introduction: the challenge of Hannibal
2 Family and city
3 Barcids supreme (241-221)
4 Leadership and war (221-216)
5 Hannibal, Carthage and the Mediterranean (216-209)
6 Decline and defeat (209-202)
7 Hannibal in politics (201-195)
8 Hannibal in exile (195-183)
9 Hannibal: memory and myth
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Preface
Hannibal's chronology
Maps
Italy and Sicily in Hannibal's time
The Western Mediterranean in Hannibal's time
Southern Italy 216-203 BC
The Eastern Mediterranean around 200 BC
1 Introduction: the challenge of Hannibal
2 Family and city
3 Barcids supreme (241-221)
4 Leadership and war (221-216)
5 Hannibal, Carthage and the Mediterranean (216-209)
6 Decline and defeat (209-202)
7 Hannibal in politics (201-195)
8 Hannibal in exile (195-183)
9 Hannibal: memory and myth
Bibliography
Notes
Index