Hannibal's Dynasty
Subtitle: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 11, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780415299114
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Classics; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - General
First sentence: The safest time to sail along an enemy coast is at night, so that was probably when the Carthaginian ships entered the little Sicilian bay between its two steep and massive headlands.