Bibliography for the Punic Wars and the Roman Conquest of Hispania
Historical Web Sites
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbookfull.html
Has on-line versions of the various ancient texts:
http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/Documents/War/WarDocs.htm
Has on-line versions of the various ancient texts:
Carthage [Spanish]
Nice little site dedicated to Carthaginian history, including a nice picture of a Spanish Warrior and a Roman Legionary.
A gaming site with a couple of time lines:
Wargaming Web Sites
Rob Smith's Magna Graecia is a DBM campaign setting for the Wars for Sicily, 398 BC - 211 BC.
Looks good; haven't used it. Love the maps in particular - I am determined to use them for something.
Richard Bodley Scott thinks Carthaginians are great under DBM.
Richard offers some sound advice and some interesting alternatives for using the Carthaginians in a DBM competition. Unfortunately Richard's advice also highlights for me why DBM can't simulate the Punic Wars.
The DBA Resource Page has a
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Brief History of the Carthaginians and suggestions for their use in DBA.
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DBA scenario: Battle of Lake Trasimene (217 BC).
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Stephen Montague's description of the Ancient Spanish
Includes some nice shield illustrations along with some painting instructions.
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Photos of Chris Brantley's Ancient Spanish Army
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Tips on Painting Carthaginians.
Offers some dubious painting suggestions by a couple of contributors. .
Daniel Burkley offers a DBA scenario: Battle of Trebbia (218 BC).
A guy called Craig offers a variety of goodies
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Punic War army lists for his DBM 24 game.
DBM 24 uses only 24 elements, making it cheaper and faster than the full game. Haven't tried it yet, but I will.
- Duelling Republics: A Punic Wars version of the standard DBA campaign.
Books
Head, D. (1982). Armies of the Macedonian and Punic wars 359 BC to 146 BC. Wargames Research Group.
Kinder, H. and Hilgemann, W. (1964). The Penguin Atlas of World History Volume 1: From the beginning to the eve of the French Revolution (E. A. Menze Trans.). Penguin Books.
Livy. (1965). The War with Hannibal. Penguin.
Polybius. (1979). The Rise of the Roman Empire. Penguin.
Sekunda, N. (1996). Republican Roman Army 200-104 BC. Osprey.
Treviņo, R. (1986). Romes Enemies (4): Spanish Armies 218 BC - 19 BC. Osprey.