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The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC by Adrian Goldsworthy

The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC Adrian Goldsworthy ebook
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Format: pdf
Page: 416
ISBN: 9780304366422

The epic clashes between Rome and Carthage (a Latin corruption - "Carthago" - of the Phoenician khart hadash, or "new city"), which took place between 265 and 146 BC as a series of three “Punic Wars" (again, "Punic" is a Latin corruption . For this, I have used the ancient sources of Polybius and Livy (Penguin classics versions), and Hannibal's Army by Ian Stephenson, The Armies of the Carthaginian Wars 265-146 BC by Terrence Wise and Cannae by Gregory Daly. Because they did not fall into the area of Punic control, it is most likely that they served as mercenaries rather than allies, and were used by both Carthage and Rome during the Second Punic War in this capacity. It was a policy rigidly enforced during the Punic Wars, when Carthage had become the undisputed ruler of all Phoenicians, and resulted in a number of Iberian towns siding with the Romans. Among the many more recent texts I considered I wore a few thin and ragged: Lesley and Roy A. Nigel Bagnell: 'The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage, and the Struggle for the Mediterranean' Adrian Goldsworthy: 'The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC'. Only Visit store to see price Best Buy The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146 BC. The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. Adkins' Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, Nigel Bagnall's The Punic Wars, Ernle Bradford's Hannibal, Brian Caven's The Punic Wars, Africanus, Serge Lancel's Hannibal, John Peddie's Hannibal's War, John Prevas' Hannibal Crosses the Alps, John Gibson Warry's Warfare in the Classical World, and Terrence Wise's Armies of the Carthaginian Wars 265-146 BC. The Punic Wars were a series of three wars that lasted from 264 to 146 BC. In such versions of the Tartessian tragedy, both the perpetrators and time are specified: it was “the Carthaginians [who] brought about the collapse by 530 BC”.