The Punic Wars

The Punic Wars is an accessible non-fiction account of the First, Second, and Third Punic Wars Between Rome and Carthage, Including the Rise and Fall of Hannibal Barca. It establishes the causes, chronology and principal phases of the conflict while explaining the political aims and military resources of the opposing sides.

The book places campaigns and leadership within their wider setting, including diplomacy, civilian experience, economic pressure and the settlement or memory that followed. Its historical scope is represented on HBS by Punic Wars. Key figures linked to the book include Hannibal.