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Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at War

Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at War

Hoyos, Dexter

Paperback

Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization

African HistoryAncient RomeGeneral Military History

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0190663456
ISBN13: 9780190663452
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 1 2017
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
To say the Punic Wars (264-146 BC) were a turning-point in world history is a vast understatement. These vicious battles pitted two flourishing Mediterranean powers against one another, leaving one an unrivaled 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, war erupted seemingly out of nowhere and was expected to be a short and trivial skirmish.

Mastering the West offers a superlative narrative of all three wars as they are generally divided, while treating a full range of themes: the antagonists' military, naval, economic, and demographic resources and strategic opportunities; the political structures of both republics; questions of leadership and the contributions of leaders like Hannibal, Fabius the Delayer, Scipio Africanus, Masinissa, and Scipio Aemilianus; and the postwar impact of the conflicts on the participants and victims. Dexter Hoyos, a leading expert of the period, treats the two great powers evenly, without forgetting 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 is sure to restructure our understanding of this critical period in ancient history.

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