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Author : Dexter Hoyos
Release : 2005
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 580/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hannibal's Dynasty by : Dexter Hoyos
Download or read book Hannibal's Dynasty written by Dexter Hoyos. This book was released on 2005. 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.
Author : Hoyos, B. Dexter Hoyos
Release : 2003
Genre : Carthage (Extinct city)
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Book Rating : 878/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hannibal's Dynasty by : Hoyos, B. Dexter Hoyos
Download or read book Hannibal's Dynasty written by Hoyos, B. Dexter Hoyos. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dexter Hoyos
Release : 2022-04-02
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 408/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hannibal by : Dexter Hoyos
Download or read book Hannibal written by Dexter Hoyos. This book was released on 2022-04-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannibal’s enduring reputation as a man and as a general is due to his enemies’ fascination with him. The way his legend was shaped in the Greek and Roman consciousness is one of the book’s main themes. Under Hannibal’s leadership, Carthage came close to dominating the western Mediterranean; his total victory would have changed the course of history. That he was a brilliant general is unquestioned and his strategy and tactics have been studied as real-life lessons in war even into the modern era (Norman Schwartzkopf is a fan). His political career is less appreciated and his achievements as civilian leader of Carthage in 196-5 BC have been virtually overlooked. The issue of whether he might indeed have changed history had he postponed conflict with Rome and concentrated first on Carthage’s own prosperity and safety is explored in this volume as vigorously as the military questions.
Author : Richard A. Gabriel
Release : 2011-02-28
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 865/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hannibal by : Richard A. Gabriel
Download or read book Hannibal written by Richard A. Gabriel. This book was released on 2011-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Romans' destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal's life. What we know of him comes exclusively from Roman historians who had every interest in minimizing his success, exaggerating his failures, and disparaging his character. The charges leveled against Hannibal include greed, cruelty and atrocity, sexual indulgence, and even cannibalism. But even these sources were forced to grudgingly admit to Hannibal's military genius, if only to make their eventual victory over him appear greater. Yet there is no doubt that Hannibal was the greatest Carthaginian general of the Second Punic War. When he did not defeat them outright, he fought to a standstill the best generals Rome produced, and he sustained his army in the field for sixteen long years without mutiny or desertion. Hannibal was a first-rate tactician, only a somewhat lesser strategist, and the greatest enemy Rome ever faced. When he at last met defeat at the hands of the Roman general Scipio, it was against an experienced officer who had to strengthen and reconfigure the Roman legion and invent mobile tactics in order to succeed. Even so, Scipio's victory at Zama was against an army that was a shadow of its former self. The battle could easily have gone the other way. If it had, the history of the West would have been changed in ways that can only be imagined. Richard A. Gabriel's brilliant new biography shows how Hannibal's genius nearly unseated the Roman Empire.
Author : Patrick Hunt
Release : 2017-07-11
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 171/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hannibal by : Patrick Hunt
Download or read book Hannibal written by Patrick Hunt. This book was released on 2017-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest commanders of the ancient world brought vividly to life: Hannibal, the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees. Hannibal Barca of Carthage, born 247 BC, was one of the great generals of the ancient world. Historian Patrick N. Hunt has led archeological expeditions in the Alps and elsewhere to study Hannibal's achievements. Now he brings Hannibal's incredible story to life in this book
