Hannibal: A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle (Classic Reprint)

In the study of the campaigns of A lexander, origii research has been limited to a few travelers and geographers, or to military men conducting explorations under the auspices of some government and provided with facilities denied to most of us. In the case of Hannibal it is different. Spain and Italy are accessible, asP ersia and Afghanistan are not, and the topography of the theatre of theS econd Punio War can be readily examined and ascertained. No historian of Hannibal appears, however, to have studied his campaigns on the ground. Almost all accounts of his extraordinaiy marches, manoeuvres and battles borrow their topography, if they give any, from some predecessor equally limited in his facilities, or from very insufficient maps. Many errors have thus been propagated. The author has been fortunate enough repeatedly to visit the scenes of the Punic captains
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