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HANNIBAL'S WAR: BOOKS TWENTY-ONE TO THIRTY; ED. BY DEXTER HOYOS.

By Titus Livius

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Publish Date

2006

Publisher

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Language

und

Pages

740

Description:

"Livy's history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. Livy describes the bloody siege of the Spanish city of Saguntum, Rome's ally, which sparked the war, and the Carthaginian leader's famous march with elephants over the Alps into Italy. Livy conveys the drama of the great battles, the disastrous encounters at Trasimene and Cannae, and the final confrontation between Hannibal and the youthful Scipio Africanus. Individuals as well as events are brought to life, as the long course of the Second Punic War unfolds."--Jacket.