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Hannibal's Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Todd Carey
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 71276
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 232
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1594160759
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781594160752
ASIN: 1594160759
Publication Date: October 10, 2008
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The Decisive Engagement Between Rome and Carthage that Determined the Future of the Mediterranean WorldP In 202 BC, near the North African city of Zama, the armies of two empires clashed. The Romans under Scipio Africanus won a bloody, decisive victory over Hannibal's Carthaginians. Scipio's victory signalled a shift in the balance of power in the ancient world. Thereafter, Rome became the dominant civilization of the Mediterranean. Zama also saw the eclipse of one legendary commander, Hannibal, the scourge of Rome and the preeminent general of the Second Punic War, by Scipio, one of the greatest leaders Rome ever produced. Brian Todd Carey's compelling, original reconstruction of the battle, the grueling skirmishes that led up to it, and its aftermath--including Hannibal's exile and suicide, Scipio's triumph, and the epic Roman siege that destroyed Carthage forever as a Mediterranean power--gives a fascinating insight into the Carthaginian and Roman methods of waging war. In addition to discussing the military organization and equipment and the tactics the armies employed, the book examines the lives and military careers of Hannibal and Scipio and offers critical assessment of their contrasting leadership styles. Carey's concise account of this climactic confrontation at Zama--a pivotal episode in ancient warfare--is complemented by the detailed maps of cartographers Joshua B. Allfree and John Cairns. iHannibal's Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage/i will appeal to readers of military history and is an essential text for all students of the classical period.
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 Concise History of Hannibal's Military Career November 9, 2008
Kenneth P. Galbraith (Silver Spring, MD USA)
This slim volume is a concise history of Hannibal's military career. In the opening chapters, it recounts the history of the three punic wars to set that career in context, but after that most of the book is devoted to a fairly detailed account of Hannibal's major battles, with each one being illustrated by a series of maps that show how it unfolded. The take away lesson, though it won't do anybody much good now, is that the side with the best cavalry won. And, don't fight when your troops are cold, wet, and tired. There is some background information on Carthage itself and punic society in general, as well as their Numidian allies, which I enjoyed. I would have liked more of this, but that's not what this book is about. The focus is pretty tight on the military side of things. It includes some good diagrams that show the typical Carthaginian and Roman lines of battle and a general discussion of the tactics of that period, so that even if the reader comes to the book with little background knowledge of that conflict, they will not feel lost and will leave with a good sense of how the punic wars were fought.
 Hannibal Resurrected October 28, 2008
A. You (Portland, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This fine book does a great job resurrecting for the reader the life and times of two of the greatest military leaders in the Western world, Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus. The author describes in great detail the two general's strategy and tactics in the Second Punic War, while also providing the reader with background on the First Punic War and how the Third Punic War finally finished off Carthage for good. Highly recommended
 Misleading title.... October 26, 2008
lordhoot (Anchorage, Alaska USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Hannibal's Last Battle is probably an eye catching title but this book deals more with the entire Punic War conflicts then just the Battle of Zama that was Hannibal's last battle. The book is 204 pages long including the index and all but the campaign of Zama only takes up 30 pages. Rest of the pages were spent on the First, Second and Third Punic Wars that saw the destruction of Carthage as a major power and entity as a city state. br / br /Actually, despite of the misleading title, I found the book to be pretty well written and illustrated with battle maps. The summarized accounts were quite insightful and clear. Even although I am well read in this subject, I still found the writing to be interesting and pointed. The thirty pages of Zama Campaign was well written and the authors revealed that this battle was a near run thing for Scipio as Hannibal used his strength to the utmost although his weakness, lack of cavalry, betrayed him at the end. br / br /While I have read many thicker books on the Punic Wars, I still found this book to be well worth the time reading. It would be a great introductory material to recommend to any one who is just getting into the subject. It could be a first good step before tackling something more heavier and deeper.
Another fine book! October 13, 2008
BradleyDuvall
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like other reviewers here, I picked up this book because I enjoyed his first two books, but unlike those books which were more like textbooks, this book does a real good job explaining the story of the Punic Wars. Once again, the book comes with great tactical maps and regional maps, and this one also has a bunch of glossaries that help keep all of the Roman and Carthaginian names straight. It was easy to picture the battles and the slaughter from the book's descriptions. This is another fine book!
A concise history of the Punic Wars! April 22, 2008
Arthur Evangelista
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this book because of a life-long love affair with the Punic Wars and the amazing personalities involved. Carey does a superb job giving his readers an overview of the First Punic War and the Carthaginian and Roman military machines involved. He then delves into reconstructing the Second Punic War, paying special attention to the strategy and tactics employed by both the Romans and Carthaginians in this conflict at land and at sea. Individual chapters are dedicated to the early campaigns of Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus leading up to an exhaustive treatment of the battle of Zama and its implications to Western Civilization. Carey then follows the careers of thse two commanders post Zama and ends the book with a treatment of the third and final Punic War. The tactical maps are outstanding, and the book comes with a chronology of the Punic Wars, as well as numerous glossaries on Roman and Carthaginians political and military terms. This is a short book and a fine survey of the wars that gave Rome mastery of the western Mediterranean.
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