Rola pogody w narracji o drugiej wojnie punickiej

Patrycja Matusiak

doi:10.18778/8220-055-3

The role of weather in the narrative of the Second Punic War

Patrycja Matusiak

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Wydział Humanistyczny

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-5942 (unauthenticated)

Publication:

Armia kontra natura

Series: Faces of war

Pages: 17-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-055-3.02

Keywords: armia, wojny punickie, pospolite ruszenie, wielka wojna wschodnia, kampania rosyjska Napoleona, Guadalajara, konflikt wietnamski

Published: 11 September 2020

Categories: History, Open Access

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The purpose of the article is to present the role of natural weather phenomena that were noted by ancient historians in the narrative of the Second Punic War (218–201 BC). In addition to the best-known use of the weather during the Battle of Cannae (216 BC), during which Hannibal, according to historian Florus, colluded with all nature, the article analyses the failed attempt to capture Rome in 211 BC – prevented by a storm, weather prodigia heralding Roman defeat in the first part of the war as well as the function of meteorological battle imagery.

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Matusiak, Patrycja. 2020. “The Role of Weather in the Narrative of the Second Punic War”. In Armia Kontra Natura, edited by Witold Jarno and Jarosław Kita, 1:17-25. Faces of War. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-055-3.02.