Rome and Carthage: The Punic Wars

by Reginald Bosworth Smith

25 chapters9h 11mEnglish1881

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The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) were a series of conflicts between the rapidly expanding Roman Republic and the Phoenician Sea empire, Carthage. Both sides expended enormous resources assembling armies and building and rebuilding fleets. Hannibal crossed the Alps and the Romans, for the first time, confronted war elephants. The struggle featured heroic personalities, brilliant battles, terrible sieges, cruelty, craft, and for Carthage, devastation and ruin. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Chapters (25)

1Ch. 1: Carthage, Pt. 1

1305

2Ch. 1: Carthage, Pt. 2

1450

3Ch. 2: Rome

831

4Ch. 3: First Punic War. Messana and Agrigentum (264-262 B.C.)

1161

5Ch. 4: First Roman Fleet. Battles of Mylae and Ecnomus (262-256 B.C.)

1642

6Ch. 5: Invasion of Africa. Regulus and Xanthippus (256-250 B.C.), Pt. 1

1348

7Ch. 5: Invasion of Africa. Regulus and Xanthippus (256-250 B.C.),, Pt. 2

1254

8Ch. 6: Hamilcar Barca and the Siege of Lilybaeum (250-241 B.C.), Pt. 1

1545

9Ch. 6: Hamilcar Barca and the Siege of Lilybaeum (250-241 B.C.), Pt. 2

1211

10Ch. 7: Hamilcar Barca and the Mercenary War (241-238 B.C.)

753

11Ch. 8: Hamilcar Barca in Africa and Spain (238-219 B.C.)

1558

12Ch. 9: Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.), the Passage of the Rhone and the Alps, B.C. 218

1489

13Ch. 10: Battles of Trebia and Trasimene (218-217 B.C.)

1828

14Ch. 11: Hannibal Overruns Central Italy (217-216 B.C.)

1302

15Ch. 12: Battle of Cannae. Character of Hannibal (216 B.C.), Pt. 1

1076

16Ch. 12: Battle of Cannae. Character of Hannibal (216 B.C.), Pt. 2

1511

17Ch. 13: Revolt of Capua. Siege of Syracuse (216-212 B.C.)

1344

18Ch. 14: Siege of Capua and Hannibal's March on Rome (212-208 B.C.)

1517

19Ch. 15: Battle of the Metaurus (207 B.C.)

757

20Ch. 16: P. Cornelius Scipio (210-206 B.C.)

1007

21Ch. 17: The War in Africa. Battle of Zama (206-202 B.C.), Pt. 1

1581

22Ch. 17: The War in Africa. Battle of Zama (206-202 B.C.), Pt. 2

1318

23Ch. 18: Carthage at the Mercy of Rome (201-150 B.C.)

1298

24Ch. 19: Destruction of Carthage (149-146 B.C.), Pt. 1

1357

25Ch. 19: Destruction of Carthage (149-146 B.C.), Pt. 2

1659

Rome and Carthage: The Punic Wars

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