The Punic Wars

R. Bosworth Smith

• Publisher: Ozymandias Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781531279448
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Roman Ancient History
• Index: History

Hardly had Pyrrhus turned his back for the last time on Italy when the first note of war between the Romans and the Carthaginians, who had so recently formed an alliance against him, was sounded. It came, as was to be expected, from that fair island which, by its position, seemed to belong half to Europe, half to Africa, and from that point in it which lay actually within sight of Rhegium, the town which was, as yet, the farthest outpost of the Roman alliance. For more than a century past Greeks and Carthaginians had been contending, with varying success, for the possession of the island. Few towns of any importance within its limits had escaped destruction, fewer still had escaped a siege, and many had been taken and retaken almost as many times as there had been campaigns. On the whole, in spite of the efforts of able leaders like Dionysius the Tyrant, Timoleon, and Agathocles, fortune had favoured the Carthaginians; and the power of Syracuse, the head of the Greek states, was now confined to the southeastern comer of the island.

Table of contents

• CHAPTER I. CARTHAGE.
• CHAPTER II. ROME.
• CHAPTER III. FIRST PUNIC WAR.(264-262 B.C.)
• CHAPTER IV. FIRST ROMAN FLEET. BATTLES OF MYLAE AND ECNOMUS.(262-256 B.C.)
• CHAPTER V.INVASION OF AFRICA. REGULUS AND XANTHIPPUS.(256-250 B.C.)
• CHAPTER VI. HAMILCAR BARCA AND THE SIEGE OF LILYBAEUM.(B.C. 250-241.)
• CHAPTER VII. HAMILCAR BARCA AND THE MERCENARY WAR.(B.C. 241-238.)
• CHAPTER VIII. HAMILCAR BARCA IN AFRICA AND SPAIN.(B.C. 238-219.)
• CHAPTER IX. SECOND PUNIC WAR.(B.C. 218-201.)PASSAGE OF THE RHONE AND THE ALPS,B.C. 218.
• CHAPTER X. BATTLES OF TREBIA AND TRASIMENE.(B.C. 218-217.)
• CHAPTER XI. HANNIBAL OVERRUNS CENTRAL ITALY.(B.C. 217-216.)
• CHAPTER XII. BATTLE OF CANNÆ. CHARACTER OF HANNIBAL.(B.C. 216.)
• CHAPTER XIII. REVOLT OF CAPUA. SIEGE OF SYRACUSE.(B.C. 216-212.)
• CHAPTER XIV. SIEGE OF CAPUA AND HANNIBAL’s MARCH ON ROME.(212-208 B.C.)
• CHAPTER XV. BATTLE OF THE METAURUS.(207 B.C.)
• CHAPTER XVI. P. CORNELIUS SCIPIO.(210-206 B.C.)
• CHAPTER XVII. THE WAR IN AFRICA -BATTLE OF ZAMA.(206-202 B.C.)
• CHAPTER XVIII. CARTHAGE AT THE MERCY OF ROME.(201-150 B.C.)
• CHAPTER XIX. DESTRUCTION OF CARTHAGE.(149-146 B.C.)
• CHAPTER XX. CARTHAGE AS IT IS.