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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

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  • Author : H. H. Scullard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1970
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 299 pages

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by H. H. Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book H  H  Scullard  Scipio Africanus  soldier and politician  1970   Review

Download or read book H H Scullard Scipio Africanus soldier and politician 1970 Review written by Erich S. Gruen and published by . This book was released on with total page 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

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  • Author : Richard A. Gabriel
  • Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
  • Release : 2008-06-30
  • ISBN : 1597972053
  • Pages : 327 pages

Download or read book Scipio Africanus written by Richard A. Gabriel and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 327 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

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

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 200 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 Aemilianus

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  • Author : Howard Hayes Scullard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1970
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Scipio Aemilianus written by Howard Hayes Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 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 Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War

Download or read book Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War written by Howard H. Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 331 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 306 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 Soldiers  Citizens  And The Symbols Of War

Download or read book Soldiers Citizens And The Symbols Of War written by Antonio Santosuosso and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive overview of ancient warfare, Antonio Santosuosso explores how the tactical and strategic concepts of warfare changed between the beginning of the fifth century B.C. and the middle of the second century B.C. and why the West-Greece, Macedonia, and Rome-triumphed over the East-understood geographically as Persia or ideologically

Book Scipio Rising

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  • Author : Martin Tessmer
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2013-12-26
  • ISBN : 9781494305123
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Scipio Rising written by Martin Tessmer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-12-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three men, three vows: one to destroy Rome, another to protect it, a third to defeat the both of them. This is the saga of Scipio Africanus, one of history's greatest generals, and his history-defining clashes with Carthage and the Roman Senate. Born into a wealthy and powerful military family, Cornelius Scipio is a brilliant scholar who dreams of educating the common people of Rome. But he has promised his father he will become a soldier and defend Rome against Hannibal, its sworn enemy.Young Scipio soon finds himself fighting on two fronts: in Italia against the Carthaginians and in the Rome against Cato the Elder's austerity party.When all the veteran commanders fear to confront Hannibal and his brothers, Scipio steps forward to become Rome's boy general. Leaving his mother and betrothed to wage his political war at home, he sets forth to defeat the undefeated, relying on visionary genius to compensate for an outnumbered army of raw recruits. This is the first book in the five-book Scipio Africanus Saga, based on his exploits during the Second Punic War. The fifth book, Scipio Rules, will be out in spring of 2017.

Book A Greater Than Napoleon  Scipio Africanus

Download or read book A Greater Than Napoleon Scipio Africanus written by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart and published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers. This book was released on 1971 with total page 320 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 public memory. As B.H. Liddell Hart writes, "Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses--many still feasible today--than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait.

Book Cannae  The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War

Download or read book Cannae The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War written by Gregory Daly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a hot and dusty summer's day in 216 BC, the forces of the Carthaginian general Hannibal faced the Roman army in a dramatic encounter at Cannae. Massively outnumbered, the Carthaginians nevertheless won an astonishing victory - one that left more than 50,000 men dead. Gregory Daly's enthralling study considers the reasons that led the two armies to the field of battle, and why each followed the course that they did when they got there. It explores in detail the composition of the armies, and the tactics and leadership methods of the opposing generals. Finally, by focusing on the experiences of those who fought, Daly gives an unparalleled portrait of the true horror and chaos of ancient warfare. This striking and vivid account is the fullest yet of the bloodiest battle in ancient history.

Book Roman Realities

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  • Author : Finley Hooper
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN : 9780814315941
  • Pages : 596 pages

Download or read book Roman Realities written by Finley Hooper and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the major primary sources of Roman history, this book recalls the experiences of the ancient Romans through a thousand years of their history.