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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PROLOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. OVERVIEW OF THE PUNIC INVASION -- 3. ONSET OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR -- 4. CAMPAIGN STRATEGY -- 5. COL DU PERTHUS–THE FIRST TEST -- 6. VOLCAE–FIRST ROADBLOCK -- 7. THE “ISLAND”–NECESSARY ALLIANCE -- 8. COL DE GRÎMONE: SECOND TEST -- 9. TEST OF APPROACH ROUTES AND COL POSSIBILITIES -- 10. COMBE DE QUEYRAS -- 11. CHATEAU-QUEYRAS–UPPER GUIL RIVER -- 12. COL DE LA TRAVERSETTE–ULTIMATE TEST -- 13. UPPER PO RIVER -- 14. GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 15. MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS -- 16. CONCLUSIONS -- GLOSSARY -- MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE SECOND PUNIC WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH -- REFERENCES CITED -- INDEX |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463215958 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463215958 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | William Mahaney. |