Author: Nathan Pilkington Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 1498590535 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 227
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The Carthaginian Empire: 550 – 202 BCE argues for a new history of the Phoenician polity. In contrast to previous studies of the Carthaginian Empire that privileged evidence from Greco-Roman sources, Nathan Pilkington bases his study on evidence preserved in the archaeological and epigraphic records of Carthage and its colonies and dependencies. Using this evidence, Pilkington demonstrates that the Carthaginian Empire of the 6th– 4th centuries BCE — as recovered archaeologically and epigraphically — bears little resemblance to currently accepted historical reconstructions. He then presents an independent archaeological and epigraphic reconstruction of the Carthaginian Empire. In this presentation, the author argues that the Carthaginian Empire developed later, chronologically, and was less extensive, geographically, than reconstructions based on the Greco-Roman source tradition suggest. Pilkington further shows that Carthage developed a similar infrastructure of imperial power to those developed in Rome and Athens. Like its contemporaries, Carthage used colonization, the establishment of metropolitan political institutions at dependent polities, and the reorganization of trade into a metropolitan hub-and-spoke system to develop imperial control over subordinated territories.
Author: David Bowman Publisher: Bluewood Publishing Limited ISBN: 9781877546273 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 334
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History is written by the winners, so, consider what might have been? If the Romans hadn't beaten the Carthaginians, it could have been a Carthaginian Empire we would have looked back on as the cradle of our civilisation and our laws. Now travel with me on a fascinating journey over the course of three volumes and fifteen hundred years as we watch the nascent Carthaginian Empire fight to grow, against those who would oppose it or strangle it at birth. Each volume in turn takes us through a formative period and, this, the first volume covers the initial expansion of Carthage from a City State on the shores of the Mediterranean to complete dominance of the Mediterranean basin and with it the rest of Europe. Starting in 470BC, and then spanning a breathtaking 400 years, we're right there as those who make the history of this Carthaginian Empire, struggle and grow into greatness.
Author: Dexter Hoyos Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136968628 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 324
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The Carthaginians reveals the complex culture, society and achievements of a famous, yet misunderstood, ancient people. Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African peoples, Egypt, and the Greek world. Their own cultural influence in turn spread across the Western Mediterranean as they imposed dominance over Sardinia, western Sicily, and finally southern Spain. As a stable republic Carthage earned respectful praise from Greek observers, notably Aristotle, and from many Romans – even Cato, otherwise notorious for insisting that ‘Carthage must be destroyed’. Carthage matched the great city-state of Syracuse in power and ambition, then clashed with Rome for mastery of the Mediterranean West. For a time, led by her greatest general Hannibal, she did become the leading power between the Atlantic and the Adriatic. It was chiefly after her destruction in 146 BC that Carthage came to be depicted by Greeks and Romans as an alien civilization, harsh, gloomy and bloodstained. Demonising the victim eased the embarrassment of Rome’s aggression; Virgil in his Aeneid was one of the few to offer a more sensitive vision. Exploring both written and archaeological evidence, The Carthaginians reveals a complex, multicultural and innovative people whose achievements left an indelible impact on their Roman conquerors and on history.
Author: Captivating History Publisher: ISBN: 9781647486860 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 130
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Very few of the ancient empires and nations were able to challenge the Romans, who were famous for their military might. Even fewer were able to make them shiver just by mentioning their name. In fact, only one enemy of Rome managed to engrave such fear into their bones. That was Carthage, sometimes called the Carthaginian Empire.
Author: Andrea Salimbeti Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1782007776 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 66
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Carthage, the port-city in Tunisia first settled by Phoenicians from Tyre, grew to extend a competitive maritime trading empire all over the Western Mediterranean and beyond, increasingly defended by the best navy of the period. In the 6th century BC this came into confrontation with Greek colonists in Sicily, starting major wars that lasted through the 5th and 4th centuries, and involved much interaction with different Greek forces. During the 3rd century Carthage first clashed with Roman armies, and in the course of three wars that raged over Spain, Sicily and Italy the Romans suffered the greatest defeats in their early history at the hands of Hamilcar, Hannibal and Hasdrubal Barca, leading multinational armies of North Africans and Europeans.
Author: David Bowman Publisher: ISBN: 9780908325146 Category : Carthage (Extinct city) Languages : en Pages :
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Alternative history spanning 1500 years, and exploring what the world might have been like if the Carthage of Hannibal had overcome the Roman Empire.
Author: Bret Mulligan Publisher: Open Book Publishers ISBN: 1783741325 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 176
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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: Nathan Pilkington Publisher: ISBN: 9781498590549 Category : Languages : en Pages : 242
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Nathan Pilkington argues for a new history of the Carthaginian Empire based on the epigraphic and archaeological evidence preserved at Carthage and its dependencies. Carthage used colonization, the establishment of metropolitan political institutions, and the reorganization of trade to develop imperial control over subordinated territories.
Author: George Alfred Henty Publisher: ISBN: Category : Carthage (Extinct city) Languages : en Pages : 464
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The Punic Wars began as a struggle for empire and afterwards for existence on the part of Carthage. Hannibal was a great and skillful general who defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae and all but took Rome.
Author: Nathan Pilkington
Author: David Bowman
Author: Dexter Hoyos
Author: Captivating History
Author: Alfred John Church
Author: Andrea Salimbeti
Author: David Bowman
Author: Bret Mulligan
Author: Nathan Pilkington
Author: George Alfred Henty