Unplanned Wars

The series consists of a variety of monographs from the fields of Classical Philology and Ancient History. While maintaining a broad thematic and methodological scope, the editors are especially keen on studies showing a thorough and critical engagement with the relevant literary texts and primary sources.

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Before 264; preparations for war?; the Mamertine appeal; debating the appeal; the Punic-Syracusean alliance; an unwanted war; escalation; from enmity to goodwill; the rape of Sardinia; imaginary confrontations in the 230s; Hasdrubal's accord; Saguntum; Hannibal and the ambassadors; Saguntum besieged; war to save face.