Radio War Nerd EP #368 — Salammbô & The Mercenary War, Part 1 (Prequel): The First Punic War
Added 2023-02-28 15:54:54 +0000 UTCRecorded: February 19, 2023
Part one in our 2-part series on Flaubert's novel, Salammbô, on ancient Carthage during the Mercenary War, otherwise known as the Truceless War. In this prequel episode, we look at the background to the Mercenary War: Carthage's first disastrous war with Rome, the First Punic War.
Maps
*Carthage & Rome before First Punic War, 264 BC
*Carthage & Rome after First Punic War, 237 BC
Total time: 1:30:08
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Comments
This episode really speaks to the tenuous nature of history, one book being the deciding factor in the narrative
William
2023-03-12 12:53:56 +0000 UTCGreat episode! I missed the antiquity stuff. Looking forward to part 2!
2023-03-10 02:27:02 +0000 UTCI remember a white supremecist unfurled a a Nazi flag and started shouting slurs at Bernie from the rafters. And the media reported it ambiguously whether or not the flag was in support of Bernie and his platform or a protest against him. Absolutely disgusting.
theSmokingGun
2023-03-09 04:54:42 +0000 UTCThat that literally made me a War Nerd.
2023-03-06 04:26:51 +0000 UTCYes! Sorry about that. Where'd I get Philip Seymour Hoffman?
2023-03-04 10:42:05 +0000 UTCAh, thanks!
2023-03-04 10:38:25 +0000 UTCYeah, maybe the “enemies of Rome” series would be a good way to do some Roman battles (Tho I still ❤️ Alexander better)
Jason Thompson
2023-03-03 01:32:58 +0000 UTCI’m being transported back in time to my Rome Total War bullshit
DumbDumDumbDumb
2023-03-01 20:56:29 +0000 UTCThis never really occurred to me until you guys mentioned the war/anti-war divisions in Carthage, but instead of that boat reverse-engineering narrative, it seems just as plausible that some enterprising Carthaginian noble sold the designs to them, possibly to undermine the more warlike factions. Then, if you’re the Romans, that’s the sort of thing you might want to change later when retelling the story. Reverse-engineering a boat design would also reflect how the Romans saw themselves, who at the time were becoming the engineering powerhouse of the ancient word. That’s all speculation of course, but it’s fun to speculate about.
Andy Palmer
2023-02-28 23:33:43 +0000 UTCReally excited for salammbo!
Jay
2023-02-28 19:46:02 +0000 UTCIs the character John is referring to in A Scanner Darkly Jim Barris?
Knosnothing
2023-02-28 18:59:05 +0000 UTCBack to the classics.
2023-02-28 18:17:31 +0000 UTCTo the tune of Largo Al Factotum: “haaaaanibal Hannibal Hannibal haaaanibal Hannibal la Hannibal la Hannibal Hannibal Hannibal”
T
2023-02-28 17:43:28 +0000 UTCFYI, that story about Hannibal at seven was in T. Livius's Ab Urbe Condita. The Carthaginian peace guy in that (I can't remember his name) is just the classic fantasy ideal partner of the imperial power, just a simp for Rome.
Demented Avenger
2023-02-28 17:07:46 +0000 UTC
