Most notably of these were the many wars with the Samnites, as well as the several wars ... The final part examines the state of Rome and Italy on the eve of the First Punic War (264-241 BC). In ...

Its strategic value, though, made it a prime target during the Punic Wars, which resulted in Rome conquering Sardinia in 238 ...

index. $37.95 paper. ISBN:0415327431 Cannae is an attempt to apply the methodology developed by John Keegan in his ground-breaking The Face of Battle (1976), to the most notable battle of the Second ...

The Carthaginian empire left its mark in history, particularly well-known for the three large-scale "Punic Wars" with the rising Roman Republic, including the Carthaginian general Hannibal's ...