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Ancient
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Author_Nigel Bagnall
battle
Carthage
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commentary
conflict
defeat
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evidence
Gaius Julius
Hannibal
imperial conquest third second 3rd 2nd century BC
legion
maps
maritime power
political domination
Roman Empire
Scipio Africanus
short pocket guide summary
strategy
tactic
victory
world empire
Product details
- ISBN 9781841763552
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 165 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 25 Feb 2002
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The three Punic Wars lasted over 100 years, between 264 BC and 146 BC.
They represented a struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean between the bludgeoning land power of Rome, bent on imperial conquest, and the great maritime power of Carthage with its colonies and trading posts spread around the Mediterranean.
This book reveals how the dramas and tragedies of the Punic Wars exemplify many political and military lessons which are as relevant today as when Hannibal and Scipio Africanus fought to determine the course of history in the Mediterranean.
Nigel Bagnall was born in India in 1927, the son and grandson of Army Officers. He was educated at Wellington College and joined the army in January 1946. Commissioned a year later he saw service in Palestine, Malaya, the Canal Zone, Cyprus, Borneo, Singapore and Germany. He was Commander in Chief of the British Army of the Rhine and ended his career as Chief of the General Staff. He was a Defence Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and then an Honorary Fellow. Nigel Bagnall died in 2002.
