The Resource Hannibal : a Hellenistic life, Eve MacDonald
Hannibal : a Hellenistic life, Eve MacDonald
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- Summary
- Hannibal lived a life of incredible feats of daring and survival, massive military engagements, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome's own heartland to fight the Second Punic War. Yet the Romans were the ultimate victors. They eventually captured and destroyed Carthage, and thus it was they who wrote the legend of Hannibal: a brilliant and worthy enemy whose defeat represented military glory for Rome. In this groundbreaking biography Eve MacDonald expands the memory of Hannibal beyond his military feats and tactics. She considers him in the wider context of the society and vibrant culture of Carthage which shaped him and his family, employing archaeological findings and documentary sources not only from Rome but also the wider Mediterranean world of the third century B.C. MacDonald also analyzes Hannibal's legend over the millennia, exploring how statuary, Jacobean tragedy, opera, nineteenth-century fiction, and other depictions illuminate the character of one of the most fascinating military personalities in all of history
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Hannibal : a Hellenistic life
- Title
- Hannibal
- Title remainder
- a Hellenistic life
- Statement of responsibility
- Eve MacDonald
- Subject
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- Generals -- Tunisia | Carthage (Extinct city) -- Biography
- Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C
- Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C. -- Influence
- Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C. -- Military leadership
- Biographies
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C
- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C
- Carthage (Extinct city) -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Hannibal lived a life of incredible feats of daring and survival, massive military engagements, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome's own heartland to fight the Second Punic War. Yet the Romans were the ultimate victors. They eventually captured and destroyed Carthage, and thus it was they who wrote the legend of Hannibal: a brilliant and worthy enemy whose defeat represented military glory for Rome. In this groundbreaking biography Eve MacDonald expands the memory of Hannibal beyond his military feats and tactics. She considers him in the wider context of the society and vibrant culture of Carthage which shaped him and his family, employing archaeological findings and documentary sources not only from Rome but also the wider Mediterranean world of the third century B.C. MacDonald also analyzes Hannibal's legend over the millennia, exploring how statuary, Jacobean tragedy, opera, nineteenth-century fiction, and other depictions illuminate the character of one of the most fascinating military personalities in all of history
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- MacDonald, Eve
- Dewey number
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- 937/.04092
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DG249
- LC item number
- .M33 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hannibal
- Hannibal
- Hannibal
- Generals
- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C
- Rome (Italy)
- Carthage (Extinct city)
- Label
- Hannibal : a Hellenistic life, Eve MacDonald
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 332 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300152043
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alkaline paper)
- Lccn
- 2014035399
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- ocn877369633
- (OCoLC)877369633
- Label
- Hannibal : a Hellenistic life, Eve MacDonald
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 332 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300152043
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alkaline paper)
- Lccn
- 2014035399
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- ocn877369633
- (OCoLC)877369633
Subject
- Generals -- Tunisia | Carthage (Extinct city) -- Biography
- Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C
- Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C. -- Influence
- Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C. -- Military leadership
- Biographies
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C
- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C
- Carthage (Extinct city) -- History
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