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 ...

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 ...

This book is about flourishing civilizations cut ... that extended throughout the Mediterranean. The three Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage from the mid-third century B.C. to the mid-second ...

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