Appiano - Historia delle Guerre esterne de' Romani - 1538
THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
Historia Romana (Roman History) a series of 24 books consisting of episodic monographs that provide valuable stories and daily lives of different cultures and inhabitants until their incorporation into the Roman Empire. Appian's books describing Roman history are the only complete description in existence of these important decades of Roman history. The Iberian peninsula became the battle theater of one of the greatest conflicts of antiquity which saw Carthage oppose Rome. In fact, Rome, which had already defeated Carthage in the First Punic War, conquering Sicily, now aimed to destroy the enemy by striking it in Spain, a region that formed the heart of his empire. N. Renouard (92) 287 - OCLC sheets 13405915.
CONTENTS
The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula began in 218 BC. and ended with the Roman conquest of the entire Iberian peninsula, called Hispania by the Romans, by the emperor Octavian Augustus in 17 BC.
Long before the First Punic War, between the 8th and 7th centuries BC. the Phoenicians (and later the Carthaginians) had already appeared in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as east and south of the Ebro. Their numerous trading outposts along the coasts provided an outlet for the Mediterranean trade in minerals and other resources from pre-Roman Iberia. However, these settlements, although generally consisting of little more than a warehouse and a pier, in addition to encouraging exports, introduced products and artefacts from the opposite Mediterranean shores into the Peninsula, indirectly causing the spread of typically oriental characteristics in local cultures.
During the 7th century BC, the Greeks had established their first colonies on the Mediterranean shores of the peninsula's north. Moving from Massalia (Marseille) , they founded the cities of Emporion (Ampurias) and Roses, although at the time they were already widely present in all the main centers of the coastal region even without relying on permanent permanent centers. Part of the Greek trade was transported by Phoenician commercial carriers, both in and out of the peninsula. Due to its nature as a commercial power in the western Mediterranean, Carthage was naturally interested in expanding towards Sicily and the southern part of the Italian Peninsula. The growth of his influence soon created friction with Rome, and the conflict of opposing commercial interests resulted in the Punic Wars, the first of which ended with an unstable armistice and a situation of substantial stalemate. The continuation of mutual hostility led to the Second Punic War, which after twelve years of clashes ended with the definitive Roman conquest of the south and east of the Iberian peninsula. Subsequently, the decisive defeat of Zama would oust Carthage from the stage of ancient history.
Despite the total defeat of their Mediterranean rivals, it would still take the Romans another two centuries to control the entire Peninsula, also due to an aggressive expansionist policy, which earned them the hostility of almost all the Iberian tribes in the interior. The abuses and violence committed by the Roman armies on the populations created a strong anti-Roman feeling, and only after years of bloody battles were the indigenous peoples of Hispania crushed by the Latin military and cultural power, which erased them from world history
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Subsequent parchment binding, renewed endpapers. Title and publisher handwritten on the spine of the volume. The internal pages show no particular signs of wear or stains. Nice copy, complete, clean and tidy. Good state of maintenance of the work. pp. (4) ; 482; (4) .
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History of the external wars of the Romans of Appiano Alessandrino translated by m. Alessandro Braccio, Florentine secretary. with the three books of the same appiano found and translated by m. sweet lodovico. and this is the tenth link in the historica series
In Venice, In the houses of Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio. 1538
Appiano Alessandrino/Braccio Alessandro
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THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
Historia Romana (Roman History) a series of 24 books consisting of episodic monographs that provide valuable stories and daily lives of different cultures and inhabitants until their incorporation into the Roman Empire. Appian's books describing Roman history are the only complete description in existence of these important decades of Roman history. The Iberian peninsula became the battle theater of one of the greatest conflicts of antiquity which saw Carthage oppose Rome. In fact, Rome, which had already defeated Carthage in the First Punic War, conquering Sicily, now aimed to destroy the enemy by striking it in Spain, a region that formed the heart of his empire. N. Renouard (92) 287 - OCLC sheets 13405915.
CONTENTS
The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula began in 218 BC. and ended with the Roman conquest of the entire Iberian peninsula, called Hispania by the Romans, by the emperor Octavian Augustus in 17 BC.
Long before the First Punic War, between the 8th and 7th centuries BC. the Phoenicians (and later the Carthaginians) had already appeared in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as east and south of the Ebro. Their numerous trading outposts along the coasts provided an outlet for the Mediterranean trade in minerals and other resources from pre-Roman Iberia. However, these settlements, although generally consisting of little more than a warehouse and a pier, in addition to encouraging exports, introduced products and artefacts from the opposite Mediterranean shores into the Peninsula, indirectly causing the spread of typically oriental characteristics in local cultures.
During the 7th century BC, the Greeks had established their first colonies on the Mediterranean shores of the peninsula's north. Moving from Massalia (Marseille) , they founded the cities of Emporion (Ampurias) and Roses, although at the time they were already widely present in all the main centers of the coastal region even without relying on permanent permanent centers. Part of the Greek trade was transported by Phoenician commercial carriers, both in and out of the peninsula. Due to its nature as a commercial power in the western Mediterranean, Carthage was naturally interested in expanding towards Sicily and the southern part of the Italian Peninsula. The growth of his influence soon created friction with Rome, and the conflict of opposing commercial interests resulted in the Punic Wars, the first of which ended with an unstable armistice and a situation of substantial stalemate. The continuation of mutual hostility led to the Second Punic War, which after twelve years of clashes ended with the definitive Roman conquest of the south and east of the Iberian peninsula. Subsequently, the decisive defeat of Zama would oust Carthage from the stage of ancient history.
Despite the total defeat of their Mediterranean rivals, it would still take the Romans another two centuries to control the entire Peninsula, also due to an aggressive expansionist policy, which earned them the hostility of almost all the Iberian tribes in the interior. The abuses and violence committed by the Roman armies on the populations created a strong anti-Roman feeling, and only after years of bloody battles were the indigenous peoples of Hispania crushed by the Latin military and cultural power, which erased them from world history
CONDITION REPORT
Subsequent parchment binding, renewed endpapers. Title and publisher handwritten on the spine of the volume. The internal pages show no particular signs of wear or stains. Nice copy, complete, clean and tidy. Good state of maintenance of the work. pp. (4) ; 482; (4) .
FULL TITLES & AUTHORS
History of the external wars of the Romans of Appiano Alessandrino translated by m. Alessandro Braccio, Florentine secretary. with the three books of the same appiano found and translated by m. sweet lodovico. and this is the tenth link in the historica series
In Venice, In the houses of Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio. 1538
Appiano Alessandrino/Braccio Alessandro
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