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Book Scipio Africanus of the Thunderbolt

Download or read book Scipio Africanus of the Thunderbolt written by Livy and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus

    Book Details:
  • Author : Livy
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1957
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by Livy and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus  or The thunderbolt

Download or read book Scipio Africanus or The thunderbolt written by F.S. Porter and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus Or the Thunderbolt

Download or read book Scipio Africanus Or the Thunderbolt written by Titus Livius Livy and published by . This book was released on 1957-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus or The Thunderbolt Selections from Livy Book XXX

Download or read book Scipio Africanus or The Thunderbolt Selections from Livy Book XXX written by Livy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1957-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by B. H. Liddell Hart and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2004-03-31 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memory, due mostly to his daring march through the Alps with his elephants. At the Battle of the Ticinus, Hannibal's initial encounter with Roman arms, young Scipio first tasted warfare, rescuing his dangerously wounded, encircled father, who was also the Roman commander. By nineteen Scipio was the equivalent of a staff colonel and in 210 B.C. he was placed in supreme command. In three years he destroyed Carthaginian power in Spain and, after being made consul, took his forces to Africa, where he conquered Carthage's great ally, Syphax. Two years later he clashed with Hannibal himself, annihilating his army in the decisive Battle of Zama. For this triumph and his other exploits in the Punic Wars, Scipio was awarded the title Africanus.In his fascinating portrait of this extraordinary commander, B. H. Liddell Hart writes, "The age of generalship does not age, and it is because Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses -- many still feasible today -- than those of any other commander in history that they are an unfailing object lesson." Not only military enthusiasts and historians but all those interested in outstanding men will find this magnificent study absorbing and gripping.

Book Scipio Africanus  Soldier and Politician

Download or read book Scipio Africanus Soldier and Politician written by Howard Hayes Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War

Download or read book Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War written by Howard Hayes Scullard and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1930 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by Alexander Acimovic and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scipio Africanus was one of the greatest generals and statesmen of the Ancient World. When he was 18, he saved his father's life in battle during the Second Punic War and later survived the horrific Roman defeat at Cannae. At the age of 26, he was named Commander-in-Chief of the Roman army in Spain and in 4 years, by daringly storming the city of Cartagena and crushing two Carthaginian armies in battle, conquered almost the entire peninsula for Rome. After returning to Rome, he leveraged popular support to gain command of an army to invade Carthage. Lacking logistical and material support, he welded, trained and armed a battle-hardened army. Landing in Africa, he delivered a stunning defeat to the Carthaginians with a surprise attack by night and fire. After the famed Hannibal Barca returned to defend his homeland, Scipio and his army utterly defeated the Punic general at the Battle of Zama. This book, based on exhaustive research of both ancient and modern sources, describes Scipio's life and career in detail, analyzes his military and political strategies and decisions, and illustrates the timelessness of his leadership skills and far-seeing diplomacy.

Book Scipio Africanus

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by Richard A. Gabriel and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates. Today scholars celebrate the importance of Hannibal, even though Scipio defeated the legendary general in the Second Punic War and was the central military figure of his time. In this scholarly and heretofore unmatched military biography of the distinguished Roman soldier, Richard A. Gabriel establishes Scipio's rightful place in military history as the greater of the two generals. Before Scipio, few Romans would have dreamed of empire, and Scipio himself would have regarded such an ambition as a danger to his beloved republic. And yet, paradoxically, Scipio's victories in Spain and Africa enabled Rome to consolidate its hold over Italy and become the dominant power in the western Mediterranean, virtually ensuring a later confrontation with the Greco-Macedonian kingdoms to the east as well as the empire's expansion into North Africa and the Levant. The Roman imperium was being born, and it was Scipio who had sired it. Gabriel draws upon ancient texts, including those from Livy, Polybius, Diodorus, Silius Italicus, and others, as primary sources and examines all additional material available to the modern scholar in French, German, English, and Italian. His book offers a complete bibliography of all extant sources regarding Scipio's life. The result is a rich, detailed, and contextual treatment of the life and career of Scipio Africanus, one of Rome's greatest generals, if not the greatest of them all.

Book Scipio Africanus

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  • Author : Howard Hayes Scullard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 3 pages

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by Howard Hayes Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scipio Africanus

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  • Author : BASIL. LIDDELL HART
  • Publisher : Frontline Books
  • Release : 2017-05-30
  • ISBN : 9781473898080
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by BASIL. LIDDELL HART and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Story of Scipio Africanus     From Livy  Edited by C  G  Pope

Download or read book The Story of Scipio Africanus From Livy Edited by C G Pope written by Livy and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Life of Scipio Africanus the Elder  By John Smith

Download or read book The Life of Scipio Africanus the Elder By John Smith written by John Smith and published by . This book was released on 1713 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cornelius Nepos  Life of Hannibal

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 176 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.