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 anci…
Diplomacy is a neglected aspect of Hellenistic history, despite the fact that war and peace were the major preoccupations of the rulers of the kingdoms of the time. It becomes clear that it is possible to discern a set of accepted practices which were generally followed by the k…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Aims and plans -- PART I Techniques and practices -- 1 The origins of Hellenistic diplomacy -- 2 Royal marriages -- 3 Cities, summits, states, envoys -- PART II Diplomacy in action - the East -- 4 The dipl…
This collective volume is devoted to the Phoenician and the Punic civilization studied for its own purpose but also for its relationship with contemporaneous cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. The first part discusses the various sources relating to the Phoenician and Punic …
Prologue -- Troy and Carthage in the nineteenth century -- Homeric pilgrimage, topography and archaeology -- The Trojan War at the circus -- The Iliad and Aeneid burlesqued -- Carthage and future ruins -- Epilogue: Troy and Carthage as "a beacon and a warning
Playful, popular visions of Troy and Carthage, backdrops to the Iliad and Aeneid's epic narratives, shine the spotlight on antiquity's starring role in nineteenth-century culture. This is the story of how these ruined cities inspired bold reconstructions of the Trojan War and it…
La 4e de couverture indique : "Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung trade network in the Mediterranean. Carthage was found…
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the centre of a far-flung trade network in the Mediterranean. Carthage was founded by Phoenician migrants, who …
Beskrivelse af de hære, der deltog i de puniske krige, deres påklædning, våben og udrustning samt en kort beskrivelse af krigene Søgeord: Karthageniensere, keltere, romere.
