Griffith Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I'm working on a project about the Punic Wars and I need to find lots of information about Rome and Carthage during this era. Does anyone know any good books or online resources that would be helpful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 For Carthage: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6422 For Rome, lots of stuff. "The War with Hannibal" by Livy and "Rise of the Roman Empire" by Polybius, both published by Penguin, give you the ancient world's two great historians on the era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffith Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) For Carthage: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6422 For Rome, lots of stuff. "The War with Hannibal" by Livy and "Rise of the Roman Empire" by Polybius, both published by Penguin, give you the ancient world's two great historians on the era. How historically accurate are Polybius' and Livy's accounts of the Punic Wars? Edited January 1, 2008 by Griffith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 How historically accurate are Polybius' and Livy's accounts of the Punic Wars? You are not going to get better than Ursus gave you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 How historically accurate are Polybius' and Livy's accounts of the Punic Wars? As accurate as any primary source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 How historically accurate are Polybius' and Livy's accounts of the Punic Wars? As accurate as any primary source. Polybius was a contemporary of Scipio Aemilianus, the destroyer of Carthage circa 146 BC. He would have had first had knowledge of much of the 3rd Punic War. There are a couple more ancient sources that can be included as well... Plutarch's biographies of direct players: Life of Fabius Maximus Life of Marcellus Ancillary bios with some cross-over Life of Flaminius Life of Aemilius Paulus Appian: Foreign Wars - Books 6, 7 & 8 in particular. Cassius Dio: Roman History - Books 11 - 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 If you would like to read something more modern, try B.H. Liddell Hart's "Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon" He was a British officer in WWII and a military historian. http://www.amazon.com/Scipio-Africanus-Gre...n/dp/0306805839 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffith Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 How historically accurate are Polybius' and Livy's accounts of the Punic Wars? As accurate as any primary source. So there is no bias on the part of Polybius and Livy against the Carthaginians which would make them alter what really happened in their histories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 How historically accurate are Polybius' and Livy's accounts of the Punic Wars? As accurate as any primary source. So there is no bias on the part of Polybius and Livy against the Carthaginians which would make them alter what really happened in their histories? Of course there was bias. Polybius was part of the Scipionic circle, and Livy was a roman. Having said that they are still both VERY good, and, widely available via the internet so start googling....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) "Hannibal" by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, an American Civil War officer and noted historian. ------------------------- Edit: The two modern books I mentioned might help you with your 'bias' problem, or perhaps account for it. Edited January 2, 2008 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divi Filius Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 The First and Second Punic Wars are given great deal by J.E. Lazenby, who takes them on individually in "The First Punic War: A Military History" and "Hannibal's War: A Military History of the Second Punic War". Then there is also the famous "The Punic Wars" By Adrian Goldsworthy. After that there is a flood of biographies, articles etc. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Cannae, also by Adrian Goldsworthy, provides the best discussion of that battle that I've seen in print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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