User:Michaelchan1998/Siege of Carthage

annotated bibliography

Name Michael Chan (144499c)

Wikipedia Topic: The battle of Carthage

1.     ''Hoyos, B D. Truceless War: Carthage's Fight for Survival, 241 to 237 BC, BRILL, 2007. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://search.proquest.com/legacydocview/EBC/468147?accountid=8172 .''

This source will be used to supplement the crucial information that is missing or biased in favour of the Romans much of the information in the article on the battle of Carthage seems to paint the Carthaginians in a negative light, but the romans are portrayed more positively. A good example would be the mention of the Carthaginian casualties during the battle but the failure to mention any of the Roman losses during the city while also claiming that the Carthaginians also apparently threw themselves and children into the fire. I hope to use this source to rectify or expose some of the falsehoods about what happened during the siege of Carthage.

2. Hoyos, B. D. Mastering the West : Rome and Carthage at War. Oxford University Press, 2015. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=925702&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

This source is one that I hope to use in order to chronicle the lives of the many different characters and the the timeline of events that took place which ultimately led up to the final battle of Carthage and saw Rome as the master of the mediterranean. A good example would be the lives of the great generals and their deeds which the article often at times fails to mention.

3. Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. The Punic Wars. London: Cassell, 2000.

This source will give me a more accurate and unbiased portrayal of Carthage as a whole since many of the sources I have managed to gain hold of only seem to portray a rather biased roman world view of the the war.

4. Steel, C. E. W. The End of the Roman Republic, 146 to 44 BC : Conquest and Crisis. Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

I hope that I will be able to use this source to not only show how the siege of Carthage ultimately led to the demise of the Roman republic but also how the Punic wars as a whole forever changed the outcome of the Roman Empire by enabling its transition from republic to empire. this source will also allow me to properly examine and analyze what gave the romans such drive to destroy the Carthaginians

5. Le Glay, Marcel, Cherry, David, Voisin, Jean-Louis, and Le Bohec, Yann. A History of Rome. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

Upon close examination I have deduced that this source will be able to provide valuable and missing information about the details of the battle and how it came to pass through its chronicling of the punic wars. it is my intention to be able to use this source in order to figure out how I might best be able to use its information to paint an unbiased and accurate portrayal of the many distinguished individuals on both the roman and Carthaginian sides in order to get a better grip on their characters as people rather than historical footnotes or long forgotten names