From Hannibal to Sulla: The Birth of Civil War in Republican Rome

by Carsten Hjort Lange

The second century BCE was a time of prolonged debate at Rome about the changing nature of warfare. From the outbreak of the Second Punic War in 218 to Rome's first civil war in 88 BCE, warfare shifted from the struggle against a great external enemy to a conflict against internal parties. This book argues that Rome's Italian subjects were central to this development: having rebelled and defected to Hannibal at the end of the third century, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111333094
• ISBN13: 9783111333090
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary