Hannibal's Odyssey : : The Environmental Background to the Alpine Invasion of Italia /

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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Mahaney, William,
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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