Scipio africanus

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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.



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.

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Scipio Africanus

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Scipio Africanus

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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 a 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Hannibal

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The romans destruction of carthage after the third punic war erased any carthaginian historical record of hannibal s life what we know of him comes exclusively from roman historians who had every interest in minimizing his success exaggerating his failures and disparaging his character the Uiterlijk 21 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 juni 2008

Aantal pagina's: 326

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Richard A. Gabriel

Tweede Auteur: Richard A. Gabriel

Hoofduitgeverij: Potomac Books Inc

Editie: illustrated edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 159 mm

Product hoogte: 25 mm

Product lengte: 235 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 163 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm

Verpakking lengte: 239 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 622 g

EAN: 9781597972055

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