The History of Rome, Books XXI-XXX: The War With Hannibal
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Genres: Classics, Reference, Non Fiction, History, Literature, School, Academic, Military, War, Roman, Military History, Ancient
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Rating: 4.04 Publish date: July 30th 1972 Language: English Isbn: 014044145X |
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.
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I love this book. I took it because I knew nothing of Hannibal and the elephants and I was curious. But I continued to read it, because it seems that every few pages there are some silly superstitions / act of gods described. As the Carthaginians attacked and cows gave birth stones and it rained frogs, we had a holocaust blah blah we are totally out of your mind. This is great. This is the only reason I finished the book.
Heavy fighting, a large number devious ploys, leaving the populace to vote “good” and choose the “right” people – it’s all there.
Reading between the lines of the discipline (or perhaps desperation) the forces of Hannibal and the exhaustion of the Latin allies of Rome pumped annually from the contributions of soldiers is awesome.
What names! What a speech! What a fight! Rome! Gaul! Greece! Africa! Spain! u00a1Olu00e9!
And ‘vibrant, attractive and a great story that has been designed to leave no doubt about the power of the upper classes of Rome.
This is much more readable than the Histories of Polybius.