BURGEON Christophe.
Rome and Carthage before the Punic Wars. The first three Roman-Carthaginian treaties described by Polybius.
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| N° d'inventaire | 29849 |
| Format | 13.5 X 21.5 |
| Détails | 227 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Belgium, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782806636508 |
The three treaties concluded between Rome and Carthage before the outbreak of the First Punic War, described by Polybius, have attracted the attention of many scholars. However, to date, there has been no in-depth and comprehensive study of them that examines both the historical context in which they were concluded and their geopolitical significance, as well as the way in which the Megalopolitan analyzed them.
The objective of the first section, which will bring together a number of prolegomena, will be first to question the value of the Polybian testimony. In the second section, the very heart of our work, a detailed study of the text, style and format of the first treaties will allow us to debate the nature and evolution of the relations maintained between Rome and Carthage before the outbreak of the First Punic War, and to determine the geopolitical situation of each of these two cities, as well as the evaluation of their growing power during the years between these agreements.
To do this, we will have to delve deeply into the logic of the text and try to understand the mental frameworks and the political-military context that inspired and even dictated it. We will ask ourselves whether these regulated a set of usual situations or whether they only dealt with particular circumstances.
The objective of the first section, which will bring together a number of prolegomena, will be first to question the value of the Polybian testimony. In the second section, the very heart of our work, a detailed study of the text, style and format of the first treaties will allow us to debate the nature and evolution of the relations maintained between Rome and Carthage before the outbreak of the First Punic War, and to determine the geopolitical situation of each of these two cities, as well as the evaluation of their growing power during the years between these agreements.
To do this, we will have to delve deeply into the logic of the text and try to understand the mental frameworks and the political-military context that inspired and even dictated it. We will ask ourselves whether these regulated a set of usual situations or whether they only dealt with particular circumstances.
The objective of the first section, which will bring together a number of prolegomena, will be first to question the value of the Polybian testimony. In the second section, the very heart of our work, a detailed study of the text, style and format of the first treaties will allow us to debate the nature and evolution of the relations maintained between Rome and Carthage before the outbreak of the First Punic War, and to determine the geopolitical situation of each of these two cities, as well as the evaluation of their growing power during the years between these agreements.
To do this, we will have to delve deeply into the logic of the text and try to understand the mental frameworks and the political-military context that inspired and even dictated it. We will ask ourselves whether these regulated a set of usual situations or whether they only dealt with particular circumstances.