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biographyPrevas, John.
Summary: Hannibal's crossing of the Alps and subsequent invasion and ravaging of Italy during the Second Punic War is one of the greatest epics in all of ancient history. It is a story replete with high drama, immense human suffering, endurance, strategic brilliance, and stupidity born of arrogance. Prevas, a historian and lecturer in classical Greek, retells the saga in a compact, superbly written...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.4 PREForbes, Steve
Contents: The Persian Empire : cultural diversity, self-determination, and the art of making money -- Cyrus the Great : lessons in tolerance and inclusion -- Classical Greece : do thinkers make good leaders? -- Xenophon : building consensus and finding direction -- Alexander the Great : the price of arrogance -- Carthage: a business man's paradise -- Hannibal of Carthage : innovation -- The Roman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2009