A Greater Than Napoleon, Scipio Africanus
Author | : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Consuls, Roman |
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Author | : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Consuls, Roman |
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Author | : B. H. Liddell Hart |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2004-03-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0786740701 |
Scipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memory, due mostly to his daring march through the Alps with his elephants. At the Battle of the Ticinus, Hannibal's initial encounter with Roman arms, young Scipio first tasted warfare, rescuing his dangerously wounded, encircled father, who was also the Roman commander. By nineteen Scipio was the equivalent of a staff colonel and in 210 B.C. he was placed in supreme command. In three years he destroyed Carthaginian power in Spain and, after being made consul, took his forces to Africa, where he conquered Carthage's great ally, Syphax. Two years later he clashed with Hannibal himself, annihilating his army in the decisive Battle of Zama. For this triumph and his other exploits in the Punic Wars, Scipio was awarded the title Africanus.In his fascinating portrait of this extraordinary commander, B. H. Liddell Hart writes, "The age of generalship does not age, and it is because Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses -- many still feasible today -- than those of any other commander in history that they are an unfailing object lesson." Not only military enthusiasts and historians but all those interested in outstanding men will find this magnificent study absorbing and gripping.
Author | : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart |
Publisher | : Greenhill Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781853671326 |
Author | : B. H. Liddell Hart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258829391 |
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
Author | : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart |
Publisher | : Hassell Street Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-09-09 |
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ISBN | : 9781014669681 |
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Author | : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Consuls, Roman |
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Author | : Richard A. Gabriel |
Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1597979988 |
The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates. Today scholars celebrate the importance of Hannibal, even though Scipio defeated the legendary general in the Second Punic War and was the central military figure of his time. In this scholarly and heretofore unmatched military biography of the distinguished Roman soldier, Richard A. Gabriel establishes Scipio's rightful place in military history as the greater of the two generals. Before Scipio, few Romans would have dreamed of empire, and Scipio himself would have regarded such an ambition as a danger to his beloved republic. And yet, paradoxically, Scipio's victories in Spain and Africa enabled Rome to consolidate its hold over Italy and become the dominant power in the western Mediterranean, virtually ensuring a later confrontation with the Greco-Macedonian kingdoms to the east as well as the empire's expansion into North Africa and the Levant. The Roman imperium was being born, and it was Scipio who had sired it. Gabriel draws upon ancient texts, including those from Livy, Polybius, Diodorus, Silius Italicus, and others, as primary sources and examines all additional material available to the modern scholar in French, German, English, and Italian. His book offers a complete bibliography of all extant sources regarding Scipio's life. The result is a rich, detailed, and contextual treatment of the life and career of Scipio Africanus, one of Rome's greatest generals, if not the greatest of them all.
Author | : Basil Henry Liddell Hart |
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Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1930 |
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Author | : Basil H. Liddell Hart |
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Release | : 1928 |
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Author | : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart |
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Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1926 |
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