The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) were a series of conflicts between the rapidly expanding Roman Republic and the Phoenician Sea empire, Carthage. Both sides expended enormous resources assembling armies and building and rebuilding fleets. Hannibal crossed the Alps and the Romans, for the first time, confronted war elephants. The struggle featured heroic personalities, brilliant battles, terrible sieges, cruelty, craft, and for Carthage, devastation and ruin. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
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Ch. 1: Carthage, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 21:45
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Ch. 1: Carthage, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 24:10
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Ch. 2: Rome Read by Pamela Nagami 13:51
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Ch. 3: First Punic War. Messana and Agrigentum (264-262 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 19:21
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Ch. 4: First Roman Fleet. Battles of Mylae and Ecnomus (262-256 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 27:22
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Ch. 5: Invasion of Africa. Regulus and Xanthippus (256-250 B.C.), Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:28
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Ch. 5: Invasion of Africa. Regulus and Xanthippus (256-250 B.C.),, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:54
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Ch. 6: Hamilcar Barca and the Siege of Lilybaeum (250-241 B.C.), Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 25:45
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Ch. 6: Hamilcar Barca and the Siege of Lilybaeum (250-241 B.C.), Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:11
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Ch. 7: Hamilcar Barca and the Mercenary War (241-238 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 12:33
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Ch. 8: Hamilcar Barca in Africa and Spain (238-219 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 25:58
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Ch. 9: Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.), the Passage of the Rhone and the Alps, B.C. 218 Read by Pamela Nagami 24:49
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Ch. 10: Battles of Trebia and Trasimene (218-217 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 30:28
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Ch. 11: Hannibal Overruns Central Italy (217-216 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 21:42
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Ch. 12: Battle of Cannae. Character of Hannibal (216 B.C.), Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:56
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Ch. 12: Battle of Cannae. Character of Hannibal (216 B.C.), Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 25:11
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Ch. 13: Revolt of Capua. Siege of Syracuse (216-212 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 22:24
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Ch. 14: Siege of Capua and Hannibal's March on Rome (212-208 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 25:17
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Ch. 15: Battle of the Metaurus (207 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 12:37
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Ch. 16: P. Cornelius Scipio (210-206 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 16:47
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Ch. 17: The War in Africa. Battle of Zama (206-202 B.C.), Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 26:21
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Ch. 17: The War in Africa. Battle of Zama (206-202 B.C.), Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 21:58
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Ch. 18: Carthage at the Mercy of Rome (201-150 B.C.) Read by Pamela Nagami 21:38
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Ch. 19: Destruction of Carthage (149-146 B.C.), Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:37
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Ch. 19: Destruction of Carthage (149-146 B.C.), Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 27:39
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