{"product_id":"9781783011919","title":"The Roman War: The Rape of Sicily","description":"The Epic Third Century BC Struggle for Supremacy in the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mamertines' machinations having plunged the western Mediterranean into war, led by Appius Claudius Caudex - confidently crosses into Sicily. Deserted by its Syracusan ally, King Hieron, the awesome Carthaginian Empire resolves to oppose the pretentious Roman invaders and defend its pre-eminence in the Western World. Victorious on land - in the fearsome battle of Acragas - the Romans are, nevertheless, woefully ill-equipped to counter the overwhelming naval might of the African Colossus. Enmeshed in a web of depravity and corruption; plagued by sedition and treachery; and rent by unfettered ambition and rancorous personal animosities; the archaic system of governance of the Roman Republic struggles to adapt to a distant war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the wily Hieron - abetted by his sensuous queen - hovering over the conflicting powers; and with neither of the major antagonists prepared to concede; the Sicilian squabble inexorably escalates into a war of continents, the greatest conflict yet to rock the Western World.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than twenty years, by land and sea, the hitherto land-based forces of the Roman Republic will contend with the mighty naval power of the indomitable Punic Empire for dominance of the Western World.","brand":"eBookPartnership.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157369143536,"sku":"9781783011919","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783011919_p0.jpg?v=1763721398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783011919","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}