Description
Was it geopolitics or simply bitter hatred that fueled the ancient bloodbaths known as “The Punic Wars”? Dan highlights the unimaginable things people experienced during this intense face-off between Rome and Carthage.
Dan’s research and book list
1. The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius
2. War by Gwynne Dyer
3. The War with Hannibal by Livy
4. History of the Art of War, Vol. 1: Warfare in Antiquity by Hans Delbruck
5. The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC by Adrian Goldsworthy
6. Carthage by Serge Lancel
7. Hannibal by Serge Lancel
8. Roman Warfare by Adrian Goldsworthy
9. Hannibal: Challenging Rome’s Supremacy by Sir Gavin De Beer
10. Rome in Africa by Susan Raven
11. Cannae by Victor Davis Hanson (Appeared in Military History Quarterly magazine Vol 2, Number 4, 1990)
12. Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War by Gregory Daly
13. The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson
14. The Ancient Mediterranean by Michael Grant
15. Roman History by Appian
16. A History of the Ancient World by Chester G. Starr
17. Caesar and Christ (The Story of Civilization III) by Will Durant
18. Plutarch’s Lives (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch
19. The Complete Works of Tacitus by Tacitus
20. The First Punic War by J. Lazenby
21. The Anatomy of Error: Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists by Barry S. Strauss and Josiah Ober
22. Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359 BC to 146 BC by Duncan Head
23. The Face of Battle by John Keegan
24. The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage, and the Struggle for the Mediterranean by Nigel Bagnall
25.Cannae by Victor Davis Hanson (Appeared in Military History Quarterly magazine Vol 2, Number 4, 1990)
Yewb –
Most people have heard of Carthage, in some vague sense; relatively few really know anything about it. I certainly didn’t! But in just four short hours, Dan brings the story to life in his own fascinating way. If there’s anyone who can make you care deeply about people you hadn’t heard of thirty minutes previously, it’s Carlin.
I usually favour the series on modern history, but Punic Nightmares is one of my favourite works from Dan. An absolute steal at $6.
Katrinamslavik –
Really good episode. Dan’s great at putting historical events in perspective, you can imagine yourself in the historical moment