Research Catalog

Title

A companion to the Punic Wars / edited by Dexter Hoyos.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hoyos, B. D. (B. Dexter), 1944-

Description

xx, 543 pages : maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history

Uniform Title

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.

Alternative Title

Punic Wars

Subjects

• Punic wars
• Punische Kriege

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-530) and index.

Contents

The rise of Rome to 264 / John Serrati -- Early relations between Rome and Carthage / Barbara Scardigli -- The rise of Carthage to 264 / Watler Amelina -- Manpower and food supply in the First and Second Punic Wars / Paul Erdkamp -- Phalanx and legion: the "face" of Punic War Battle / Sam Koon -- Polybius and the Punic Wars / Craige B. Champion -- Principal literary sources for the Punic Wars, apart from Polybius / Bernard Mineo -- The outbreak of war / Dexter Hoyos -- A war of phases: strategies and stalemates 264-241 / Boris Rankov -- Roman politics in the first Punic War / Bruno Bleckmann -- Roman politics and expansion, 241-219 / Luigi Loreto -- Carthage in Africa and Spain, 241-218 / Dexter Hoyos -- The reasons for the war / Hans Beck -- Hannibal: tactics, strategy and geostrategy / Michael P. Fronda -- Hannibal and propaganda / Richard Miles -- Roman strategy and aims in the second Punic War / Klaus Zimmerman -- The war in Italy, 218-203 / Louis Rawlings -- War abroad: Spain, Sicily, Macedon, Africa / Peter Edwell -- Rome, Latins and Italians in the Second Punic War / Kathryn Lomas -- Punic politics, economy and alliances, 218-201 / Pedro Barceló -- Roman economy, finance and politics in the second Punic War / Toni Ñaco del Hoyo -- Carthage and Numidia, 201-150 / Claudia Kunze -- Italy: economy and demography after Hannibal's War / Nathan Rosenstein -- The 'third Punic War': the siege of Carthage, 148-146 BC / Yann Le Bohec -- Death and transfiguration: punic culture after 146 / M'hamed-Hassine Fantar -- Spain, Africa and Rome after Carthage / John Richardson -- Carthage and Hannibal in Roman and Greek memory / Giovanni Brizzi.

Call Number

DG241

ISBN

• 9781405176002 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1405176008 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010033794

OCLC

657223828

Title

A companion to the Punic Wars / edited by Dexter Hoyos.

Imprint

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-530) and index.

Added Author

Hoyos, B. D. (B. Dexter), 1944-

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR DG241 .C66 2011