The War with Hannibal: Bks. 21-30: The History of Rome from Its Foundation (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The War with Hannibal: Bks. 21-30 Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 25 July 1974
- Format: Paperback 720 pages
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- Categories: Literary Essays | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Military History
- ISBN 13: 9780140441451 ISBN 10: 014044145X
- Sales rank: 91,891
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Full description for The War with Hannibal: Bks. 21-30
In The War with Hannibal, Livy (59 BC AD 17) chronicles the events of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, until the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. He vividly recreates the immense armies of Hannibal, complete with elephants, crossing the Alps; the panic as they approached the gates of Rome; and the decimation of the Roman army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. Yet it is also the clash of personalities that fascinates Livy, from great debates in the Senate to the historic meeting between Scipio and Hannibal before the decisive battle. Livy never hesitates to introduce both intense drama and moral lessons into his work, and here he brings a turbulent episode in history powerfully to life.
