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Heroic Rome at War: Hannibal’s Invasion and Rome’s Resolve A detailed, accessible account of Rome’s crisis during the Second Punic War, from Cannæ through the rebuilding of command and strategy. This edition blends narrative drama with careful analysis of military and political choices.
Explore how Rome faced a devastating defeat and how its leaders and people adapted. The narrative threads together key battles, strategic debates, and the evolution of Rome’s army and navy, with attention to sources and differing accounts. You’ll also see how historians weigh evidence and interpret the era’s complex events.
- Vivid scenes of battles and campaigns that shaped Rome’s resilience and growth as a military power.
- Profiles of major figures like Fabius Maximus, Varro, and Hannibal, and how their decisions influenced outcomes.
- Discussion of Roman political reforms, military organization, and the role of allied states in the war.
- Methodical examinations of population estimates, muster rolls, and the challenges of ancient statistics.
Ideal for readers of classical history and military history seeking a clear, grounded view of Rome’s darkest hours and its path to renewed strength.
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Opposite to the far-spreading peninsulas and deep in dented shores of Europe and her numerous islands, stretches in a long and uniform line the stony coast of Africa, the most compact part of the Old as well as of the new world. NO more marked contrast can be found, in such immediate proximity, upon the surface of the globe, than the two continents which form the abodes of the black and white races of man. The solid mass of land in the sultry south, the primeval seat of unmitigated barbarism, has remained closed to the present day against the refinement of a higher civilisation, whilst Europe early received the seed of culture and unfolded the richest and most varied forms of intellectual, social, and political life. On the east of Africa the narrow valley formed by the Nile is indeed separated from the heart of the African continent, and on the north the cheerless wastes Of the interior bound a belt of land of varying breadth along the coast which is capable of much cultivation. These regions differ, how ever, essentially from the sea-girt islands and peninsulas of Europe, where a milder sun and a greater variety of climate have brought about gentler manners and richer forms of social and political life.
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Occupation of Messana by the Romans; Landing of the Romans in Sicily; Ineffectual league of Hiero with the Carthaginians; Second campaign in Sicily, 2 B.C.; Alliance of Hiero with Rome; Decline of the Carthaginian power in Sicily; Probable causes of the success of the Romans; Renewed efforts of the Carthaginians, 262 B.C.; The Romans besiege Agrigentum; Defeat of Hanno; Escape of the Carthaginian garrison under Hannibal; Historical value of the narrative; Extended designs of the Romans
Second Period, 261-255 B.C. The first Roman fleet. Mylæ. Ecnomus. Regulus in Africa; Maritime supremacy of Carthage; Determination of the Romans to cope with Carthage by sea; Late development of the Roman navy; The building of the fleet; Improbabilities of the story; Composition of the Roman navy; Capture of the fleet of Cn. Cornelius Scipio; Battle of Mylæ; Roman naval tactics; Defeat of the Carthaginians; Relief of Segesta; Operations of Hamilcar; Destruction of Eryx by Hamilcar; Victory of Hamilcar at Thermae; Renewed successes of the Romans; Expedition of Scipio to Corsica; Battle of Tyndaris; Movements of the fleet under Regulus and Manlius Vulso; Battle of Ecnomus; Landing of the Romans on Carthaginian territory; Ravages of the Roman army in Africa; Exorbitant demands of Regulus as conditions of peace; Defeat of Regulus; Victory of the Romans at the Hermæan promontory; Destruction of the Roman fleet off the coast of Sicily
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