From Hannibal to Sulla

From Hannibal to Sulla
Author :
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 299
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783111335278
ISBN-13 : 3111335275
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Book Synopsis From Hannibal to Sulla by : Carsten Hjort Lange

Download or read book From Hannibal to Sulla written by Carsten Hjort Lange and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second century BCE was a time of prolonged debate at Rome about the changing nature of warfare. From the outbreak of the Second Punic War in 218 to Rome’s first civil war in 88 BCE, warfare shifted from the struggle against a great external enemy to a conflict against internal parties. This book argues that Rome’s Italian subjects were central to this development: having rebelled and defected to Hannibal at the end of the third century, the allies again rebelled in 91 BCE, with significant consequences for Roman thought about warfare as such. These "rebellions" constituted an Italian renewal of the war against their old conqueror, Rome, and an internal war within the polity. Accordingly, we need to add 'internal war' to the already well-established dichotomy of foreign and civil war. This fresh analysis of the second century demonstrates that the Roman experience of internal war during this period provided the natural stepping-stone in the invention of civil war as such. It conceives of the period from the Second Punic War onward as an 'antebellum' period to the later civil war(s) of the Late Republic, during which contemporary observers looked back at the last 'great war' against Hannibal in preparation for the next conflict.


From Hannibal to Sulla Related Books

From Hannibal to Sulla
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Carsten Hjort Lange
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-01-29 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The second century BCE was a time of prolonged debate at Rome about the changing nature of warfare. From the outbreak of the Second Punic War in 218 to Rome’s
The Language of Empire
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: John Richardson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-12-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book seeks to discover what the Romans themselves thought about their empire by examining the changing meaning of key terms.
The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila the Hun
Language: en
Pages: 389
Authors: Philip Matyszak
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-06 - Publisher: Thames & Hudson

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Matyszak writes clearly and engagingly . . . nicely produced, with ample maps and illustrations." —Classical Outlook This engrossing book looks at the growth
Outlines of Roman History
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: William Carey Morey
Categories: Rome
Type: BOOK - Published: 1900 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Quintus Sertorius and the Legacy of Sulla
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Philip O. Spann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK