Hannibal's odyssey : the environmental background to the alpine invasion of Italia / William Mahaney.
Hannibal's invasion of Italia in 218 BC is depicted from the standpoint of environmental evidence elicited from ancient texts, and analyzed against present-day Earth Science databases. The conclusion is that the Punic Army followed the southern route over the Alps; a proposal first made by Sir...
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| Series: | Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ;
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t TABLE OF CONTENTS -- |t FOREWORD -- |t PROLOGUE -- |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- |t 1. Introduction -- |t 2. OVERVIEW OF THE PUNIC INVASION -- |t 3. ONSET OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR -- |t 4. CAMPAIGN STRATEGY -- |t 5. COL DU PERTHUS-THE FIRST TEST -- |t 6. VOLCAE-FIRST ROADBLOCK -- |t 7. THE "ISLAND"-NECESSARY ALLIANCE -- |t 8. COL DE GRÎMONE: SECOND TEST -- |t 9. TEST OF APPROACH ROUTES AND COL POSSIBILITIES -- |t 10. COMBE DE QUEYRAS -- |t 11. CHATEAU-QUEYRAS-UPPER GUIL RIVER -- |t 12. COL DE LA TRAVERSETTE-ULTIMATE TEST -- |t 13. UPPER PO RIVER -- |t 14. GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- |t 15. MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS -- |t 16. CONCLUSIONS -- |t GLOSSARY -- |t MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE SECOND PUNIC WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH -- |t REFERENCES CITED -- |t INDEX. |
| 520 | |a Hannibal's invasion of Italia in 218 BC is depicted from the standpoint of environmental evidence elicited from ancient texts, and analyzed against present-day Earth Science databases. The conclusion is that the Punic Army followed the southern route over the Alps; a proposal first made by Sir Gavin de Beer in the 1960's. | ||
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| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Hannibal, |d 247 B.C.-182 B.C. |x Military leadership. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. |x Campaigns |z Alps. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. |x Environmental aspects. | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Command of troops. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00869220. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Military campaigns. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01710190. | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Alps. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01239717. | |
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