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  • Published: 5 February 1999
  • ISBN: 9780712666084
  • Imprint: Pimlico
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $39.99
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The Punic Wars

Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean




A vivid and fascinating study of the conflict between Rome and Cathage which changed the course of world history.

The Punic Wars (264-146BC) sprang from a mighty power struggle between two ancient civilisations - the trading empire of Carthage and the military confedoration of Rome. It was a period of astonishing human misfortune, lasting over a period of 118 years and resulting in the radical depletion of Rome's population and resources and the complete annihilation of Carthage.

All this took place more than 2,000 years ago, yet, as Nigel Bagnall's comprehensive history demonstrates, the ancient conflict is remarkable for its contemporary revelance.

  • Published: 5 February 1999
  • ISBN: 9780712666084
  • Imprint: Pimlico
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $39.99
Categories:

About the author

Nigel Bagnall

Sir Nigel Bagnall was born in India in 1927. He joined the British Army in 1945 and served in Palestine, Malaya, Borneo, the Canal Zone, Cyprus, Singapore and Germany. He ended his distinguished military career as Chief of the General Staff in London and was an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author of The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean and The Peloponnesian War. He died in 2002.

Praise for The Punic Wars

A serious and well-informed book on the wars between Rome and Carthage...it is, however, not simply a piece of disinterested research but a tale with a moral for current politics...On the interplay of strategic and operational decisions, on the risks of politics in time of war, on the importance of morale: this book gives much food for reflection

Spectator

His book is to be commended...It is a fine piece of military and political history...a clear and convincing account of what happened, devoid of any high-flown romanticism...He constructs his analysis in such a way as to demonstrate that what happened...might just happen again

Economist

A modern Field-Marshal applies his strategic expertise to the greatest confrontation of classical times... Bagnall's analysis is leavened with character sketches and dry humour

Independent