Sommer, Michael Schwarze Tage. Roms Kriege gegen Karthago

Summer 216 BC - the Carthaginian Hannibal has crossed the Alps in a strategic coup and decimates the Roman troops in a series of battles. The name Cannae, where at least 50,000 legionaries died, stands like a portent over Rome. Are the Romans threatened with another dies ater, another black day? - But when the last battle of the Punic Wars is fought, Carthage lies in ruins and Rome begins its rise to world empire. The era that began with the outbreak of the First Punic War in 264 BC and ended with the destruction of Carthage is the most dynamic phase in the history not only of the Roman Republic, but of the entire ancient Mediterranean world. In its power-political architecture, literally no stone was left unturned, and the internal structure of Roman society also changed from the ground up. In this volume, Michael Sommer not only offers an exciting and informative overall account of the events, but also knowledgeably illuminates the background to this conflict and presents the protagonists and their motives during the various phases of the conflict's development. In this way, it ultimately becomes clear why Rome and the Mediterranean world entered a period of accelerating crisis in 264 BC, why Rome triumphed in the end and why Carthage was destroyed.