Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC, Issue 2005

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Psychology Press, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 304 pages

Accessible and enlightening, Hannibal's Dynasty provides the full story of Carthage's achievement, going beyond the usual focus on Hannibal and military matters alone to look at a wide range of political and diplomatic issues too.

Dexter Hoyos shows how the aristocratic Barcid family won dominance in the free republic of Carthage, and how they exploited family connections to lead Carthage to greatness at home and abroad.

For students of Hannibal, his dynasty and his legacy - this is the book to read.

 

Contents

Plates between pages viii and
1
The heights of Heircte and Eryx
7
Carthage
21
The revolt of Africa
34
Barca supreme
47
Hamilcar in Spain
55
Hasdrubals consolidation
73
Hannibal in Spain
87
The defeat of Hasdrubal
141
Africa invaded
152
Defeat
164
Postwar eclipse
179
Hannibal sufete
190
The end of the Barcids
203
Sources
212
special notes
223

The invasion of Italy
98
Three great victories
114
Hannibals Italian league
122
Indecisive war
134
Timeline
233
Bibliography
285
Index
296
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