Название: Rome Seizes the Trident: The Defeat of Carthaginian Seapower and the Forging of the Roman EmpireАвтор: Marc G DeSantis
Издательство: Pen and Sword Military
Год: 2016
Формат: pdf, epub
Страниц: 311
Размер: 64,18 Мб
Язык: английский
Seapower played a greater part in ancient empire building than is often appreciated. The Punic Wars, especially the first, were characterized by massive naval battles. The Romans did not even possess a navy of their own when war broke out between them and the Carthaginians in Sicily in 264 B.C. Prior to that, the Romans had relied upon several South Italian Greek cities to provide ships in the same way as its other allies provided soldiers to serve with the legions...