Truceless war : Carthage's fight for survival, 241 to 237 BC / by Dexter Hoyos.
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TextSeries: History of warfare ; v. 45 | Brill eBook titles 2007 | History of Warfare ; 45. | European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222830Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- DT168 .H64 2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-281) and index.
Preliminary material / D. Hoyos -- Chapter One. Gisco / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Two. The army of Sicily / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Three. Politics, policies and politicians at Carthage / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Four. The army of Sicily at Carthage / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Five. Sicca / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Six. The talks at tunes / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Seven. Mutiny / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Eight. Libya revolts / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Nine. Hanno in charge / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Ten. Hamilcar’s first victory / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Eleven. Hamilcar trapped / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Twelve. ‘The Libyans’ / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Thirteen. Enter Naravas / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Fourteen. Sardinia rebels / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Fifteen. The killing of Gisco / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Sixteen. Disasters and defections / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Seventeen. The siege of Carthage / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Eighteen. The saw / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Nineteen. The crosses at tunes / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Twenty. Hamilcar and Hanno / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Twenty One. Mathos’ end / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Twenty Two. Victory and Humiliation / D. Hoyos -- Chapter Twenty Three. A balance-sheet / D. Hoyos -- Chapter TwentyvFour. Polybius and other sources / D. Hoyos -- Chronology of the war / D. Hoyos -- Bibliography / D. Hoyos -- I. Abbreviations / D. Hoyos -- II. Sources / D. Hoyos -- III. Modern works / D. Hoyos -- Index / D. Hoyos.
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The revolt of Carthage’s mercenaries and oppressed Libyan subjects in 241–237 BC nearly ended her power and even existence. This ‘truceless’ war, unrivalled for its savagery, was fought over most of Punic North Africa and spread to Sardinia. It brought to power in Carthage Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, whose generalship—though flawed—was critical to Carthage’s final victory. The main narrative, by the Greek historian Polybius a century later, is vividly evocative (inspiring Flaubert’s novel Salammbô ) yet repeatedly unclear on military and geographical details, the extent and structure of the rebel coalition, and chronology. Truceless War analyses Polybius and other sources to present a coherent and absorbing study of the war’s causes and events, and of Polybius’ historiographical methods.
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