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The Fall of Carthage
- The Punic Wars 265-146BC
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: History, Military
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Publisher's Summary
The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides were far greater than in any wars fought before the modern era, while the eventual outcome had far-reaching consequences for the history of the Western World, namely the ascendancy of Rome.
An epic of war and battle, this is also the story of famous generals and leaders: Hannibal, Fabius Maximus, Scipio Africanus, and his grandson Scipio Aemilianus, who would finally bring down the walls of Carthage.
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- Duy B.
- 2019-03-20
It's a basic outline of the 3 Punic wars
it's a basic outline of the Pubic wars without the details or anecdotes I was looking for.
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- Sandeep Mehta
- 2021-03-30
Great summation of Hannibal Barca's time period
Even if you're only interested in Hannibal Barca, this broad examination of the Punic Wars is necessary. By seeing all sides of the conflict - you can truly understand the context the man existed in & appreciate his accomplishments. Can also pick up on subtle details about various cultures/people's of the time - who hold lessons for today. Because author has combined key elements of various primary sources...you get a good foundation. This makes you more confident in pursuing the primary sources on this subject (that can be heavy detailed - and possibly overwhelming if you don't have the foundation this book provides). Final note, despite British narrators being hard to understand sometimes - this one spoke clearly, had good flow, & an authoritative voice.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-06-29
Great book!
Fun book to listen to! Great book for anyone looking to learn of the Punic Wars
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- matt plowman
- 2019-08-23
Perfect Punic War Book
Captivating book that reads like a historical epic. Leaves you wanting more! Highly recommend this if you are interested in early Roman history.
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- Alexander
- 2021-01-10
Well written and narrated
Comparatively short, well written and fairly objective history of wars between Rome and Carthage. An excellent basic read to expand on. Well narrated.
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- AfrikanCanadian
- 2022-03-25
A good overview based on ancient sources
This is a solid introduction to the Punic Wars. It is firmly based in the ancient sources that survive, which are frequently referred to and evaluated for their reliability. If the present work focuses on battles at the expense of social and cultural considerations, the same is true of Livy and the other sources. Few details are too small for Goldsworthy’s scrutiny, and yet these nowhere hamper the narrative or cloud the big picture. The author is also to be commended for discussing all three Punic Wars together, as well as all the theatres of each war, in such a way that they do not become confused in the reader’s mind. Finally, this book is written for the educated public, and is readily accessible to that audience.
Perkins reads the book well, with a clear, natural and fluid style. His pronunciation of Greek and Latin words is inconsistent, however, and he even mistakes some English words, pronouncing ‘stades’, for example, as a disyllable. Notwithstanding these small errors, the quality of the reading is high, and still pleasant to the ear even after an hour or more of listening.
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- Jean
- 2019-03-25
Captivating
This is about the Punic Wars (264BC –146BC) between Rome and Carthage. Much has been written about this epic ancient conflict. The result of the Punic Wars led to the ascendancy of Rome.
The book is well written and researched. Goldsworthy does write in an academic style of a historian, but is easily readable for a lay person like me. The author covers the three Punic Wars. (Punicus in Latin for Phoenician as Carthage was part of the old Phoenician Empire.) The book is strong on military history and techniques. Goldsworthy does a good job analyzing the cultural differences between Rome and Carthage. The author also explains about the Roman Army of the period and the Roman political system of the day. Goldsworthy does an excellent job explaining the factors that brought about the wars. I learned more about some key people of the time such as: Hannibal, Fabius Maximus and lastly Scipio Aemilianus. If you would like to know about the Punic Wars this book will provide a good understanding of the Wars. I enjoyed reading about the ancient history.
The book is sixteen hours and twenty-six minutes. The well-known British audiobook narrator Derek Perkins does an excellent job. Perkins has won the Audie Award and many Earphone Awards for audiobook narrations. He also narrates in the following languages: Russian, French and Welsh as well as in English.
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- Patrick D. Flynn
- 2019-04-06
Great narrative and good commentary
Really enjoyed this, if you’re patching together the history of Western Civilization this is an excellent recounting of a critical pivot point on the course to Roman dominion in Western Europe and the hellenization of the continent.
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- Damian
- 2020-01-13
Monumental Scholarship...
Made more excellent by the confessions up front with the questions posited. Goldsworthy is one of those increasingly rare historians who admits a great deal of what he presents depends upon sources that are either suspect or very limited. He resists the temptation to arrive at a conclusion that might fit his own agenda (or worse, some politically correct “truth”) and, instead, just presents the “facts” with appropriate qualifications. Not to say this is a dry report. Far from it. He clearly loves his subject, writes with verve and enthusiasm, and presents the more or less unknown with the accepted facts, rendering a historical packet as a complete whole. Excellent!
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- F. Reeves
- 2019-11-26
Best account of Punic Wars I have read.
I was generally familiar with the Punic Wars, but this book contains a wealth of information that was new to me. These concern details of the major and many minor battles, the respective armies and navies of the belligerents, their principal and a number of subordinate commanders, governments, and overall political cultures.
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- Ian K O'Malley
- 2019-03-31
a wonderful review of the Punic Wars
I enjoyed this thoroughly, it is well researched, well read and a fascinating story of the wars that lead to the eventual Roman Empire.
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- Derrel
- 2019-01-09
Great Book!
Excellent author, well written and a very good reader. Adrian Goldsworthy is my favorite historian for this time period and Derek Perkins always does a great job reading audio books. I highly recommend this book.
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- mike cardamone
- 2019-12-09
Cato
Cato the elder is one of my favorite people from roman history so I was glad he was covered in this book even though the author doesn’t hold him in as high regards as i do and the narrator was calling him (cat-o) instead of (cay-toe)
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- Kindle Customer
- 2019-04-11
incredible
A true masterpiece! Goldsworthy is the rare contemporary historian who seeks to present a balanced and accurate view of antiquity through robust research and exemplary scholarship. This comprehensive gem should be mandatory reading for modern purveyors of partisan revisionism, masquerading as historians (i.e. Bettany Hughes et. al).
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- Alec Drumm
- 2019-02-04
Many battles but why?
This is a comprehensive review of the Punic wars based on scant source material - mainly Livy's History of Rome and Polybius's account. For those who have read those works there is not much new here. It's nice to have the whole history in one book. However, near the end I was tired of yet another battle followed by massacres and enslavement of the losers, including the civilian population.
Why did the Punic wars happen? Because there are no Carthaginian sources, the history of the Punic wars survives only in the Roman victors' accounts. And the Romans made no secret of their loathing of the Carthaginians, an ethnically and culturally different people with foreign traditions and practices.
It's pretty clear though that the Punic Wars were started by the Romans with their attacks on Tarentum and Sicily and conducted and concluded in a brutal manner. The Punic merchants were not very expansionist and would probably have coexisted peacefully with the Romans.
Dr. Goldsworthy discusses the causes of the wars only very briefly if at all.
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- Susan Stone
- 2019-04-13
Entertaining and insightful
Well performed and insightful. Seemed to be more about Rome than Carthage, I would have liked to have seen more details on the great battles.
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