Dexter Hoyos
Biographic Data
| ID | 3979419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dexter Hoyos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dexter |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoyos |
| SIGNATURE | HOYOS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Punic Wars
This article concerns the three Punic Wars of 264–241 bce , 218–201 bce , and 149–146 bce .
Carthage
Carthage tells the life story of the city, both as one of the Mediterranean’s great seafaring powers before 146 BC, and after its refounding in the first century BC. It provides a comprehensive history of the city and its unique culture, and offers students an insight into Rome’s greatest enemy. Hoyos explores the history of Carthage from its foundation, traditionally claimed to have been by political exiles from Phoenicia in 813 BC, through to i…
Trasimene, battle of
In June 217 bce, Hannibal ambushed the Roman army of the consul Gaius Flaminius as it advanced along the northern shore of Lake Trasimene in Etruria (Tuscany). The army was annihilated; the dead included Flaminius. Hannibal was now free to carry forward his invasion of Italy.
Zama, battle of
Zama was the last battle in the Second Punic War, fought in North Africa in autumn 202 bce between Hannibal and the invading Romans under P. Scipio Africanus. The Roman victory force the Carthaginians to make peace.
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar nicknamed Barca crushed the great Mercenary and Libyan Revolt against Carthage (241–237 bce ), became effective master of the state, and from 237 bce to his death on campaign in winter 229/8 imposed Carthaginian rule over most of southern Spain, a new empire that re‐energized Carthage and enabled a lasting dominance in politics and warfare by his son‐in‐law Hasdrubal and then his eldest son Hannibal.
Cannae, battle of
Hannibal's greatest yet ultimately unprofitable victory against the Romans.
Metaurus, battle of
The Romans defeated Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal in 208 bce in northern Italy, after Hasdrubal marched from Spain hoping to reinforce his brother in the south. The victory ensured that the Carthaginians could not win their long war with Rome, and made ultimate defeat virtually inevitable.
Livy on the Civil Wars (and After)
Classical-Hellenistic Carthage Before the Punic Wars (479–265 bce)
Carthage in 479–265 bce reached a size and prosperity equaling any leading Greek city-state. Despite its defeat in Sicily in 480 bce , its economic reach across the Mediterranean grew, and so did its indirect hegemony over North Africa’s coasts almost to Cyrenaica in the east and the edges of Numidia in the west. Carthaginians’ openness to external cultural influences—Greek, Egyptian, and native Libyan—made them effectively a multicultural societ…
Rome Victorious
Oxford World's Classics: Livy: Rome's Italian Wars: Books Six to Ten
"Here is a superb new translation of Books 6 to 10 of Livy's monumental history of Rome, covering the period when Rome, in a series of ever greater wars, imposed mastery over virtually the entire Italian peninsula. Livy paints vivid portraits of all the notable figures, such as young Manlius Torquatus, victor in a David-versus-Goliath duel with a Gallic chieftain, and Appius Claudius who built Rome's first major highway, the Appian Way. Livy's bl…
Preliminary Material
Index
The Second Punic War
This chapter discusses the first world war of the ancient Mediterranean: the Second Punic War. It was fought on two continents from Spain and Africa to the Aegean, and was marked by the generalship of the initially victorious Hannibal and the ultimately victorious Scipio Africanus. The war shows that Punic military strength still matched Rome's. Hannibal successfully employed all the elements of an ancient army, and was not only an attractive and…
A Companion to Roman Imperialism
The Roman empire extended over three continents, and all its lands came to share a common culture, bequeathing a legacy vigorous even today. A Companion to Roman Imperialism, written by a distinguished body of scholars, explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Rome’s rise to empire to reveal the impact which this had on her subject peoples and on the Romans themselves. The Companion analyses how Rome’s internal affairs and international relations…
Punic Wars
The Punic wars were three great conflicts between the republics of Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 (the ancient “Hundred Years’ War”).
Zama, battle of
The last battle in the Second Punic War ( see Punic Wars) was fought in North Africa in autumn 202 BCE , perhaps on October 19, between Hannibal and the invading Romans under Publius Scipio (afterward nicknamed Africanus; see Scipio Africanus (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus).
Trasimene, battle of
The battle of Trasimene was fought, on June 21, 217 BCE , between a Roman consular army of two legions and Italian allied units (some twenty‐five thousand men in all) and the invading army of Hannibal, consisting of North African and Spanish veteran troops, Gallic recruits, and Numidian (North African) cavalry, about fifty‐five thousand all told.
Metaurus, battle of
On June 22, 207 BCE , the retreating army of Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother, was intercepted in northeastern Italy by the consuls Livius Salinator and Claudius Nero at the Metaurus River (near Fano).
Cannae, battle of
The battle of Cannae was fought on August 2, 216 BCE , in northern Apulia. Dissatisfied with the “delaying tactics” (harassing the enemy but avoiding battle) of Fabius Maximus in 217, the Roman Senate authorized the levying of armies twice the normal size under the command of both consuls in 216, Terentius Varro and Aemilius Paullus. The ensuing disaster was blamed by later generations on Varro, unfairly. On a broad plain beside the river Aufidus…
Hannibal
Eldest son of Hamilcar Barca ( see Punic Wars), and in Spain with his father from 237 BCE , Hannibal (247–183) held military commands from youth, revealing both ability and charisma. He himself became general and leader of Carthage and Punic Spain in 221.
Hamilcar Barca
Carthage's most famous leader, except for his son Hannibal, Hamilcar (ca. 285–229/8 BCE ) commanded what was left of Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the last years of the First Punic War, from 247 to 241, where his guerrilla‐like attacks on the Romans earned him the nickname Barca (“lightning”), although he could not prevent ultimate defeat at sea.
A Companion to the Punic Wars
Companion to the Punic Wars
The Carthaginians
The Carthaginians reveals the complex culture, society and achievements of a famous, yet misunderstood, ancient people. Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African peoples, Egypt, and the Greek world. Their own cultural influence in turn spread across the Western Mediterranean as they imposed dominance over Sardinia, western Sicily, and final…
A Companion to Roman Imperialism
The Roman empire extended over three continents, and all its lands came to share a common culture, bequeathing a legacy vigorous even today. A Companion to Roman Imperialism, written by a distinguished body of scholars, explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Rome’s rise to empire to reveal the impact which this had on her subject peoples and on the Romans themselves. The Companion analyses how Rome’s internal affairs and international relations…
Hannibal's Dynasty
Accessible and enlightening, Hannibal's Dynasty provides the full story of Carthage's achievement, going beyond the usual focus on Hannibal and military matters alone to look at a wide range of political and diplomatic issues too. Dexter Hoyos shows how the aristocratic Barcid family won dominance in the free republic of Carthage, and how they exploited family connections to lead Carthage to greatness at home and abroad. For students of Hannibal,…
The Carthaginians
The Carthaginians reveals the complex culture, society and achievements of a famous, yet misunderstood, ancient people. Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African peoples, Egypt, and the Greek world. Their own cultural influence in turn spread across the Western Mediterranean as they imposed dominance over Sardinia, western Sicily, and final…
Carthage
Carthage tells the life story of the city, both as one of the Mediterranean’s great seafaring powers before 146 BC, and after its refounding in the first century BC. It provides a comprehensive history of the city and its unique culture, and offers students an insight into Rome’s greatest enemy. Hoyos explores the history of Carthage from its foundation, traditionally claimed to have been by political exiles from Phoenicia in 813 BC, through to i…
Truceless War
The revolt of Carthage’s mercenaries and oppressed Libyan subjects in 241–237 BC nearly ended her power and even existence. This ‘truceless’ war, unrivalled for its savagery, was fought over most of Punic North Africa and spread to Sardinia. It brought to power in Carthage Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, whose generalship—though flawed—was critical to Carthage’s final victory. The main narrative, by the Greek historian Polybius a century late…
Maharbal's bon mot
Did the Carthaginian cavalry general Maharbal really urge Hannibal to march on Rome after Cannae, and then comment bitterly Vincere sets, Hannibal; victoria uti nescis , when his leader refused? There are two main objections: Maharbal may not have been there, and anyway Cannae was too far away to justify such a march. The whole story has been seen as one of those well-known Roman historiographical inventions. But there may well be more to the sto…
Hannibal's Dynasty
Accessible and enlightening, Hannibal's Dynasty provides the full story of Carthage's achievement, going beyond the usual focus on Hannibal and military matters alone to look at a wide range of political and diplomatic issues too. Dexter Hoyos shows how the aristocratic Barcid family won dominance in the free republic of Carthage, and how they exploited family connections to lead Carthage to greatness at home and abroad. For students of Hannibal,…
Hannibal's Dynasty
Hannibal's war, books twenty-one to thirty
You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!' Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. Livy describes the bloody siege of the Spanish city of Saguntum, Rome's ally, which sparked the war, and the Carthaginian leader's famous march with elephants over t…
Crossing the Durance with Hannibal and Livy
Truceless War
The revolt of Carthage’s mercenaries and oppressed Libyan subjects in 241–237 BC nearly ended her power and even existence. This ‘truceless’ war, unrivalled for its savagery, was fought over most of Punic North Africa and spread to Sardinia. It brought to power in Carthage Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, whose generalship—though flawed—was critical to Carthage’s final victory. The main narrative, by the Greek historian Polybius a century late…
Hannibal
Hannibal
This introduction to Hannibal covers the man from both military and civilian standpoints, tackles the major paradoxes of his career and assesses his enduring reputation and legacy
The Carthaginians
The Carthaginians reveals the complex culture, society and achievements of a famous, yet misunderstood, ancient people. Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African peoples, Egypt, and the Greek world. Their own cultural influence in turn spread across the Western Mediterranean as they imposed dominance over Sardinia, western Sicily, and final…
A Companion to the Punic Wars
Companion to the Punic Wars
Punic Wars
The Punic wars were three great conflicts between the republics of Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 (the ancient “Hundred Years’ War”).
Zama, battle of
The last battle in the Second Punic War ( see Punic Wars) was fought in North Africa in autumn 202 BCE , perhaps on October 19, between Hannibal and the invading Romans under Publius Scipio (afterward nicknamed Africanus; see Scipio Africanus (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus).
Trasimene, battle of
The battle of Trasimene was fought, on June 21, 217 BCE , between a Roman consular army of two legions and Italian allied units (some twenty‐five thousand men in all) and the invading army of Hannibal, consisting of North African and Spanish veteran troops, Gallic recruits, and Numidian (North African) cavalry, about fifty‐five thousand all told.
Metaurus, battle of
On June 22, 207 BCE , the retreating army of Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother, was intercepted in northeastern Italy by the consuls Livius Salinator and Claudius Nero at the Metaurus River (near Fano).
Cannae, battle of
The battle of Cannae was fought on August 2, 216 BCE , in northern Apulia. Dissatisfied with the “delaying tactics” (harassing the enemy but avoiding battle) of Fabius Maximus in 217, the Roman Senate authorized the levying of armies twice the normal size under the command of both consuls in 216, Terentius Varro and Aemilius Paullus. The ensuing disaster was blamed by later generations on Varro, unfairly. On a broad plain beside the river Aufidus…
Hannibal
Eldest son of Hamilcar Barca ( see Punic Wars), and in Spain with his father from 237 BCE , Hannibal (247–183) held military commands from youth, revealing both ability and charisma. He himself became general and leader of Carthage and Punic Spain in 221.
Hamilcar Barca
Carthage's most famous leader, except for his son Hannibal, Hamilcar (ca. 285–229/8 BCE ) commanded what was left of Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the last years of the First Punic War, from 247 to 241, where his guerrilla‐like attacks on the Romans earned him the nickname Barca (“lightning”), although he could not prevent ultimate defeat at sea.
Oxford World's Classics: Livy: Rome's Italian Wars: Books Six to Ten
"Here is a superb new translation of Books 6 to 10 of Livy's monumental history of Rome, covering the period when Rome, in a series of ever greater wars, imposed mastery over virtually the entire Italian peninsula. Livy paints vivid portraits of all the notable figures, such as young Manlius Torquatus, victor in a David-versus-Goliath duel with a Gallic chieftain, and Appius Claudius who built Rome's first major highway, the Appian Way. Livy's bl…
Preliminary Material
Index
The Second Punic War
This chapter discusses the first world war of the ancient Mediterranean: the Second Punic War. It was fought on two continents from Spain and Africa to the Aegean, and was marked by the generalship of the initially victorious Hannibal and the ultimately victorious Scipio Africanus. The war shows that Punic military strength still matched Rome's. Hannibal successfully employed all the elements of an ancient army, and was not only an attractive and…
A Companion to Roman Imperialism
The Roman empire extended over three continents, and all its lands came to share a common culture, bequeathing a legacy vigorous even today. A Companion to Roman Imperialism, written by a distinguished body of scholars, explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Rome’s rise to empire to reveal the impact which this had on her subject peoples and on the Romans themselves. The Companion analyses how Rome’s internal affairs and international relations…
Rome Victorious
Trasimene, battle of
In June 217 bce, Hannibal ambushed the Roman army of the consul Gaius Flaminius as it advanced along the northern shore of Lake Trasimene in Etruria (Tuscany). The army was annihilated; the dead included Flaminius. Hannibal was now free to carry forward his invasion of Italy.
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