Niebuhr's lectures on Roman history, Vol. 2 (of 3)

A sequence of scholarly lectures presents a narrative and critical analysis of Rome's wars with Carthage, beginning with Carthage's origins and the strategic geography of Sicily, and proceeding through the First Punic War with siege operations, naval innovation, major engagements, and the aftermath that made Sicily Rome's first province. It also examines Roman administrative responses such as provincial magistracies and agrarian measures, related conflicts in Illyria, Cisalpine Gaul, and Spain, the mercenary mutiny at Carthage, and concludes by introducing the buildup to the Second Punic War and its principal military leaders, with attention to sources, tactics, and historiographical critique.