Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy - Couverture rigide

Hoyos, Dexter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1904675468 ISBN 13 : 9781904675464

Editeur : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2008

Synopsis

Hannibals 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 books main themes. Under Hannibals 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 Carthages own prosperity and safety is explored in this volume as vigorously as the military questions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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 Hannibals Dynasty: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC (2003).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bristol Phoenix Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904675468
• ISBN 13: 9781904675464
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible