Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Punic Wars -- Background and Sources. The Rise of Rome to 264 / John Serrati -- Early Relations Between Rome and Carthage / Barbara Scardigli -- The Rise of Carthage to 264 / Walter Ameling -- Manpower and Food Supply in the First and Second Punic Wars / Paul Erdkamp -- Phalanx and Legion: The 'Face' of Punic War Battle / Sam Koon -- Polybius and the Punic Wars / Craige B Champion -- Principal Literary Sources for the Punic Wars (apart from Polybius) / Bernard Mineo -- The First Punic War and Aftermath. The Outbreak of War / Dexter Hoyos -- A War of Phases: Strategies and Stalemates 264-241 / Boris Rankov -- Roman Politics in the First Punic War / Bruno Bleckmann -- Roman Politics and Expansion, 241-219 / Luigi Loreto -- Carthage in Africa and Spain, 241-218 / Dexter Hoyos -- The Second Punic War. The Reasons for the War / Hans Beck -- Hannibal: Tactics, Strategy, and Geostrategy / Michael P Fronda -- Hannibal and Propaganda / Richard Miles -- Roman Strategy and Aims in the Second Punic War / Klaus Zimmermann -- The War in Italy, 218-203 / Louis Rawlings -- War Abroad: Spain, Sicily, Macedon, Africa / Peter Edwell -- Rome, Latins, and Italians in the Second Punic War / Kathryn Lomas -- Punic Politics, Economy, and Alliances, 218-201 / Pedro Barcel -- Roman Economy, Finance, and Politics in the Second Punic War / Toni Naco del Hoyo -- The Last Half-Century of Carthage. Carthage and Numidia, 201-149 / Claudia Kunze -- Italy: Economy and Demography after Hannibal's War / Nathan Rosenstein -- The 'Third Punic War': The Siege of Carthage (148-146) / Yann Le Bohec -- Conclusions. Death and Transfiguration: Punic Culture after 146 / Muhamed-Hassine Fantar -- Spain, Africa, and Rome after Carthage / John Richardson -- Carthage and Hannibal in Roman and Greek Memory / Giovanni Brizzi.

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