Hannibals Oath

Author : John Prevas
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306824256
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hannibal's Oath written by John Prevas and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome. Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched on a monstrous elephant, leading his mercenaries over the Alps, and then, against all odds, descending the ice-covered peaks to challenge Rome in her own backyard for mastery of the ancient world. It was a bold move, and it established Hannibal as one of history's greatest commanders. But this same brilliant tactician is also one of history's most tragic figures; fate condemned him to win his battles but not his war against Rome. An internationally recognized expert on Hannibal for nearly thirty years, historian John Prevas has visited every Hannibal-related site and mountain pass, from Tunisia to Italy, Spain to Turkey, seeking evidence to dispel the myths surrounding Hannibal's character and his wars. Hannibal's Oath is an easily readable yet comprehensive biography of this iconic military leader--an epic account of a monumental and tragic life.

Author : Bret Mulligan
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783741325
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal written by Bret Mulligan and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire. Even today Hannibal's brilliant, if ultimately unsuccessful, campaign against Rome during the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) make him one of history's most celebrated military leaders. This biography by Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-27 BC) sketches Hannibal's life from the time he began traveling with his father's army as a young boy, through his sixteen-year invasion of Italy and his tumultuous political career in Carthage, to his perilous exile and eventual suicide in the East. As Rome completed its bloody transition from dysfunctional republic to stable monarchy, Nepos labored to complete an innovative and influential collection of concise biographies. Putting aside the detailed, chronological accounts of military campaigns and political machinations that characterized most writing about history, Nepos surveyed Roman and Greek history for distinguished men who excelled in a range of prestigious occupations. In the exploits and achievements of these illustrious men, Nepos hoped that his readers would find models for the honorable conduct of their own lives. Although most of Nepos' works have been lost, we are fortunate to have his biography of Hannibal. Nepos offers a surprisingly balanced portrayal of a man that most Roman authors vilified as the most monstrous foe that Rome had ever faced. Nepos' straightforward style and his preference for common vocabulary make Life of Hannibal accessible for those who are just beginning to read continuous Latin prose, while the historical interest of the subject make it compelling for readers of every ability.

Author : Matthew Dillon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136761438
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Rome written by Matthew Dillon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to the highly successful and widely used Ancient Greece, this Sourcebook is a valuable resource for students at all levels studying ancient Rome. Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Providing a comprehensive coverage of all important documents pertaining to the Roman Republic, Ancient Rome includes: source material on political developments in the Roman Republic (509–44 BC) detailed chapters on social phenomena, such as Roman religion, slavery and freedmen, women and the family, and the public face of Rome clear, precise translations of documents taken not only from historical sources, but also from inscriptions, laws and decrees, epitaphs, graffiti, public speeches, poetry, private letters and drama concise up-to-date bibliographies and commentaries for each document and chapter a definitive collection of source material on the Roman Republic. All students of ancient Rome and classical studies will find this textbook invaluable at all levels of study.

Author : John Copeland Kirtland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Latin written by John Copeland Kirtland and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Titus Livius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hannibalian war, part of the 21st and 22nd books of Livy, adapted by G.C. Macaulay written by Titus Livius and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Claire Stocks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1781380287
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roman Hannibal written by Claire Stocks and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silius Italicus' Punica, the longest surviving epic in Latin literature, has seen a resurgence of interest among scholars in recent years. A celebration of Rome's triumph over Hannibal and Carthage during the second Punic war, Silius' poem presents a plethora of familiar names to its readers: Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus, Scipio Africanus and, of course, Rome's 'ultimate enemy' - Hannibal. Where most recent scholarship on the Punica has focused its attention of the problematic portrayal of Scipio Africanus as a hero for Rome, this book shifts the focus to Carthage and offers a new reading of Hannibal's place in Silius' epic, and in Rome's literary culture at large. Celebrated and demonised in equal measure, Hannibal became something of an anti-hero for Rome; a man who acquired mythic status, and was condemned by Rome's authors for his supposed greed and cruelty, yet admired for his military acumen. For the first time this book provides a comprehensive overview of this multi-faceted Hannibal as he appears in the Punica and suggests that Silius' portrayal of him can be read as the culmination to Rome's centuries-long engagement with the Carthaginian in its literature. Through detailed consideration of internal focalisation, Silius' Hannibal is revealed to be a man striving to create an eternal legacy, becoming the Hannibal whom a Roman, and a modern reader, would recognise. The works of Polybius, Livy, Virgil, and the post Virgilian epicists all have a bit-part in this book, which aims to show that Silius Italicus' Punica is as much an example of how Rome remembered its past, as it is a text striving to join Rome's epic canon.

Author : B. Dexter Hoyos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110155648
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unplanned Wars written by B. Dexter Hoyos and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempts to reconstruct the reasons why the Romans and the Carthaginians engaged in long and damaging wars with each other despite prosperous periods of alliance. Relying on ancient sources such as the accounts of Polybius, Livy, and Diodorous, the author discusses the period from the antecedents to the First Punic War of 264 B.C.E. to the war-declaration of 218 B.C.E. Arguing that the reasons for the two wars were intertwined, he contends that the outcomes of the wars differ markedly from the original aims of the great powers. Neither side, according to the author, sought war with the other, but war resulted from misunderstandings and miscalculations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poetical Works of Miss Landon written by Letitia Elizabeth Landon and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eve MacDonald
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300210159
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hannibal written by Eve MacDonald and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of the great Carthaginian general who marched into Rome during the Second Punic War is reexamined in this revealing and scholarly biography. Once of the greatest military minds of the Ancient World, Hannibal Barca lived a life of daring and survival, massive battles, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome’s own heartland to fight the Second Punic War. Yet the Romans were the ultimate victors. They eventually captured and destroyed Carthage, and thus it was they who wrote the legend of Hannibal: a brilliant and worthy enemy whose defeat represented military glory for Rome. In this groundbreaking biography, Eve MacDonald employs archaeological findings and documentary sources to expand the memory of Hannibal beyond his military career. Considering him in the context of his time and the Carthaginian culture that shaped him, MacDonald offers a complex portrait of a man from a prominent family who was both a military hero and a statesman. MacDonald also analyzes Hannibal’s legend over the millennia, exploring how statuary, Jacobean tragedy, opera, nineteenth-century fiction, and other depictions illuminate the character of one of the most fascinating figures in all of history.

Author : Dexter Hoyos
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415359580
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hannibal's Dynasty written by Dexter Hoyos and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannibal's family dominated Carthage and its empire for the last forty years of the third century BC. This book provides the full story of Carthage's achievement during that time.