Hannibal and Scipio: pocket GIANTS
$21.78
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2016
Summary
A concise, accessible, engaging biography of two implacable adversaries In 218, Hannibal Barca, desperate to avenge the defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War, launched an ambitious ground invasion of Italy. With just a small force, he crossed the Alps a feat reckoned to be impossible and pitted his polyglot army against Rome’s elite citizen infantry. At Cannae, in 216, Hannibal destroyed an 80,000-strong Roman force in one afternoon, delivering a blow unequalled in Roman history for …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750955904 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0750955902 |
| Author: | Greg Fisher |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2016 |
| Weight: | 113g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | Pocket GIANTS |
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‘As fast paced and skilfully executed as one of Hannibal’s campaigns, this is the perfect introduction to the second Punic War.’
‘As fast paced and skilfully executed as one of Hannibal’s campaigns, this is the perfect introduction to the second Punic War.’
– Tom HollandAbout The Author
Greg Fisher
GREG FISHER holds a DPhil from Oxford (2008) and is Associate Professor in the Department of History and College of the Humanities at Carleton University, Ottawa. He specialises in late antique and near eastern history and is the author of Between Empires. Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity(Oxford, 2011) as well as numerous journal articles. He teaches Greek and Roman history and has been teaching the history of the Second Punic War at Carleton for five years.
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