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Leo Africanus
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Author : Amin Maalouf
language : en
Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
Release Date : 1998-03-25
Leo Africanus written by Amin Maalouf and has been published by New Amsterdam Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-25 with Fiction categories.
"I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called the Granadan, the Fassi, the Zayyati, but I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of voyages." Thus wrote Leo Africanus, in his fortieth year, in this imaginary autobiography of the famous geographer, adventurer, and scholar Hasan al-Wazzan, who was born in Granada in 1488. His family fled the Inquisition and took him to the city of Fez, in North Africa. Hasan became an itinerant merchant, and made many journeys to the East, journeys rich in adventure and observation. He was captured by a Sicilian pirate and taken back to Rome as a gift to Pope Leo X, who baptized him Johannes Leo. While in Rome, he wrote the first trilingual dictionary (Latin, Arabic and Hebrew), as well as his celebrated Description of Africa, for which he is still remembered as Leo Africanus.
Africanus Horton 1835 1883
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Author : Christopher Fyfe
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Release Date : 1992
Africanus Horton 1835 1883 written by Christopher Fyfe and has been published by Ashgate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
The book gives an account of how an illustrious son of Africa graduated as a medical doctor in Britain, served as an officer of the British army in West Africa, rose through the ranks and retired as Lieutenant Colonel, diffusing the myth that a black man.
Scipio Africanus Rome S Invasion Of Africa
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Author : Philip J Smith
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-08-21
Scipio Africanus Rome S Invasion Of Africa written by Philip J Smith and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-21 with History categories.
Scipio Africanus
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Author : Richard A. Gabriel
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2008
Scipio Africanus written by Richard A. Gabriel and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates. Today scholars celebrate the importance of Hannibal, even though Scipio defeated the legendary general in the Second Punic War and was the central military figure of his time. In this scholarly and heretofore unmatched military biography of the distinguished Roman soldier, Richard A. Gabriel establishes Scipio's rightful place in military history as the greater of the two generals. Before Scipio, few Romans would have dreamed of empire, and Scipio himself would have regarded such an ambition as a danger to his beloved republic. And yet, paradoxically, Scipio's victories in Spain and Africa enabled Rome to consolidate its hold over Italy and become the dominant power in the western Mediterranean, virtually ensuring a later confrontation with the Greco-Macedonian kingdoms to the east as well as the empire's expansion into North Africa and the Levant. The Roman imperium was being born, and it was Scipio who had sired it. Gabriel draws upon ancient texts, including those from Livy, Polybius, Diodorus, Silius Italicus, and others, as primary sources and examines all additional material available to the modern scholar in French, German, English, and Italian. His book offers a complete bibliography of all extant sources regarding Scipio's life. The result is a rich, detailed, and contextual treatment of the life and career of Scipio Africanus, one of Rome's greatest generals, if not the greatest of them all.
A Greater Than Napoleon Scipio Africanus
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Author : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart
language : en
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Release Date : 1971
A Greater Than Napoleon Scipio Africanus written by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart and has been published by Biblo & Tannen Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Scipio Africanus (236-183 b.c.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory. As B.H. Liddell Hart writes, "Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses--many still feasible today--than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait.
Scipio Africanus In The Second Punic War
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Author : Howard Hayes Scullard
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1930
Scipio Africanus In The Second Punic War written by Howard Hayes Scullard and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with History categories.
The History And Description Of Africa And Of The Notable Things Therein Contained
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Author : Leo (Africanus)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The History And Description Of Africa And Of The Notable Things Therein Contained written by Leo (Africanus) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Africa categories.
Scipio Africanus Rome S Invasion Of Africa
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Author : Philip J. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Brill
Release Date : 1993
Scipio Africanus Rome S Invasion Of Africa written by Philip J. Smith and has been published by Brill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Scipio Africanus
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Author : B. H. Liddell Hart
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2004-03-31
Scipio Africanus written by B. H. Liddell Hart and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Scipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memory, due mostly to his daring march through the Alps with his elephants. At the Battle of the Ticinus, Hannibal's initial encounter with Roman arms, young Scipio first tasted warfare, rescuing his dangerously wounded, encircled father, who was also the Roman commander. By nineteen Scipio was the equivalent of a staff colonel and in 210 B.C. he was placed in supreme command. In three years he destroyed Carthaginian power in Spain and, after being made consul, took his forces to Africa, where he conquered Carthage's great ally, Syphax. Two years later he clashed with Hannibal himself, annihilating his army in the decisive Battle of Zama. For this triumph and his other exploits in the Punic Wars, Scipio was awarded the title Africanus.In his fascinating portrait of this extraordinary commander, B. H. Liddell Hart writes, "The age of generalship does not age, and it is because Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses -- many still feasible today -- than those of any other commander in history that they are an unfailing object lesson." Not only military enthusiasts and historians but all those interested in outstanding men will find this magnificent study absorbing and gripping.
Scipio Africanus Soldier And Politician
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Author : Howard Hayes Scullard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Scipio Africanus Soldier And Politician written by Howard Hayes Scullard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with History categories.