A Companion to the Punic Wars

List of Tables viii     List of Maps ix     Notes on Contributors x     List of Abbreviations xvi     Introduction: The Punic Wars 1 Dexter Hoyos     Part I Background and Sources 7     1 The Rise of Rome to 264 9 John Serrati     2 Early Relations between Rome and Carthage 28 Barbara Scardigli     3 The Rise of Carthage to 264 39 Walter Ameling     4 Manpower and Food Supply in the First and Second Punic Wars 58 Paul Erdkamp     5 Phalanx and Legion: the    Face    of Punic War Battle 77 Sam Koon     6 Polybius and the Punic Wars 95 Craige B. Champion     7 Principal Literary Sources for the Punic Wars (apart from Polybius) 111 Bernard Mineo     PART II T he First Punic War and Aftermath 129     8 The Outbreak of war 131 Dexter Hoyos     9 A War of Phases: Strategies and Stalemates 264   241 149 Boris Rankov     10 Roman Politics in the First Punic War 167 Bruno Bleckmann     11 Roman Politics and Expansion, 241   219 184 Luigi Loreto     12 Carthage in Africa and Spain, 241   218 204 Dexter Hoyos     PART III T he Second Punic War 223     13 The Reasons for the War 225 Hans Beck     14 Hannibal: Tactics, Strategy, and Geostrategy 242 Michael P. Fronda     15 Hannibal and Propaganda 260 Richard Miles     16 Roman Strategy and Aims in the Second Punic War 280 Klaus Zimmermann     17 The War in Italy, 218   203 299 Louis Rawlings     18 War Abroad: Spain, Sicily, Macedon, Africa 320 Peter Edwell     19 Rome, Latins, and Italians in the Second Punic War 339 Kathryn Lomas     20 Punic Politics, Economy, and Alliances, 218   201 357 Pedro Barcelo     21 Roman Economy, Finance, and Politics in the Second Punic War 376 Toni Naco del Hoyo     PART IV T he Last Half-Century of Carthage 393     22 Carthage and Numidia, 201   149 395 Claudia Kunze     23 Italy: Economy and Demography after Hannibal   s War 412 Nathan Rosenstein     24 The    Third Punic War   : The Siege of Carthage (148   146 bc) 430 Yann Le Bohec     PART V Conclusions 447     25 Death and Transfiguration: Punic Culture after 146 449 M   hamed-Hassine Fantar     26 Spain, Africa, and Rome after Carthage 467 John Richardson     27 Carthage and Hannibal in Roman and Greek Memory 483 Giovanni Brizzi     References 499     Index 531