Table of Contents
List of Tables viii
List of Maps ix
Notes on Contributors x
List of Abbreviations xvi
Introduction: The Punic Wars 1 Dexter Hoyos
Part I Background and Sources 7
1 The Rise of Rome to 264 9 John Serrati
2 Early Relations between Rome and Carthage 28 Barbara Scardigli
3 The Rise of Carthage to 264 39 Walter Ameling
4 Manpower and Food Supply in the First and Second Punic Wars 58 Paul Erdkamp
5 Phalanx and Legion: the “Face” of Punic War Battle 77 Sam Koon
6 Polybius and the Punic Wars 95 Craige B. Champion
7 Principal Literary Sources for the Punic Wars (apart from Polybius) 111 Bernard Mineo
Part II The First Punic War and Aftermath 129
8 The Outbreak of war 131 Dexter Hoyos
9 A War of Phases: Strategies and Stalemates 264–241 149 Boris Rankov
10 Roman Politics in the First Punic War 167 Bruno Bleckmann
11 Roman Politics and Expansion, 241–219 184 Luigi Loreto
12 Carthage in Africa and Spain, 241–218 204 Dexter Hoyos
Part III The Second Punic War 223
13 The Reasons for the War 225 Hans Beck
14 Hannibal: Tactics, Strategy, and Geostrategy 242 Michael P. Fronda
15 Hannibal and Propaganda 260 Richard Miles
16 Roman Strategy and Aims in the Second Punic War 280 Klaus Zimmermann
17 The War in Italy, 218–203 299 Louis Rawlings
18 War Abroad: Spain, Sicily, Macedon, Africa 320 Peter Edwell
19 Rome, Latins, and Italians in the Second Punic War 339 Kathryn Lomas
20 Punic Politics, Economy, and Alliances, 218–201 357 Pedro Barceló
21 Roman Economy, Finance, and Politics in the Second Punic War 376 Toni Ñaco del Hoyo
Part IV The Last Half-Century of Carthage 393
22 Carthage and Numidia, 201–149 395 Claudia Kunze
23 Italy: Economy and Demography after Hannibal’s War 412 Nathan Rosenstein
24 The “Third Punic War”: The Siege of Carthage (148–146 BC) 430 Yann Le Bohec
Part V Conclusions 447
25 Death and Transfiguration: Punic Culture after 146 449 M’hamed-Hassine Fantar
26 Spain, Africa, and Rome after Carthage 467 John Richardson
27 Carthage and Hannibal in Roman and Greek Memory 483 Giovanni Brizzi
References 499
Index 531
