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'Armies of the Carthaginian Wars' is a good short introduction on the various forces that took part during one of the most famous wars of the Classical age.
The title begins with a short chronological timeline of events during the Punic wars, before the author sets off to describe the Carthaginians and their mercenary allies. A great deal of interesting information is covered in this section, and the author gives enough space to each of the various mercenary groups within Hannibal's army - The Numidians, Gauls, Iberians, Greeks and Macedonians and even Hannibal's Italian allies are covered. He describes their roles within Hannibal's army, their arms, armour and tactics.
The majority of the book deals with the Roman army. The author begins by discussing the reliability of historians like Polybius, and how much we can salvage from their writings on the Roman battle order of the period. He discusses the Velites, Hastati, Principes and Triarii and their respective roles within the army. He also gives a short overview of how these armies were commanded by their generals, including how the Roman system of switching command between Consuls on a daily basis affected the running of the army in the field.
This book, like other Osprey titles from the Men-at-Arms series, has 8 pages of colour plates - each showing how the soldiers of the period looked like. These are all brilliantly rendered by the famous Osprey illustrator, Richard Hook. The book also has dozens of photographs, maps and line drawings, which are very useful.
It should be noted that you can buy a copy of this book along with a campaign title on the battle of Cannae under the title of "Hannibal's War with Rome - The Armies and the Campaigns 216 BC". It is best to look for second hand copies of this title, as it is no longer in print by Osprey.
I highly recommend this book, and It is probably worth pursuing Osprey's other titles on this subject which include - The Punic Wars by Nigel Bagnall, Cannae 216 BC by Mark Healy, The Roman Army of the Punic Wars 264-146 BC by Nic Fields and Republican Roman Army 200-104 BC by Nicholas Sekunda.
