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The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal

Livy

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It is Livy (59 BC-AD 17) who re-creates for us in vivid detail the terrible events of the Second Punic War, down to the Battle of Zama (202 BC). It is Livy who shows us the immense armies of Hannibal, elephants and all, crossing the Alps (still regarded as a near-miraculous feat by historians), the panic as Hannibal approached the gates of Rome, the decimation of the Roman army in thick fog at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
But, above all, it is the clash of personalities that fascinate him: the great debates in the Senate, the series of Roman generals who prove no match for Hannibal, the historic meeting between Scipio and Hannibal before the decisive battle.
Livy never hesitated to introduce drama and moral lessons into his History of Rome; in the ten books dealing with the war with Hannibal, he had an immense theme worthy of his immense talents.

Format:

Pages:: 711 pages

Publication:: 1972

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:: Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 014044145X

ISBN13:: 9780140441451

kindle Asin:: B00358VI0A

The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal

Livy

4.15/5 (3374 ratings)

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It is Livy (59 BC-AD 17) who re-creates for us in vivid detail the terrible events of the Second Punic War, down to the Battle of Zama (202 BC). It is Livy who shows us the immense armies of Hannibal, elephants and all, crossing the Alps (still regarded as a near-miraculous feat by historians), the panic as Hannibal approached the gates of Rome, the decimation of the Roman army in thick fog at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
But, above all, it is the clash of personalities that fascinate him: the great debates in the Senate, the series of Roman generals who prove no match for Hannibal, the historic meeting between Scipio and Hannibal before the decisive battle.
Livy never hesitated to introduce drama and moral lessons into his History of Rome; in the ten books dealing with the war with Hannibal, he had an immense theme worthy of his immense talents.

Format:

Pages:: 711 pages

Publication:: 1972

Publisher:: Penguin Classics

Edition:: Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 014044145X

ISBN13:: 9780140441451

kindle Asin:: B00358VI0A

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