Hannibal: A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War

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Hannibal is continuously regarded as the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of choose troops, he fought his far more than the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came as regards to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal’s brilliant cavalry tactics enabled him to destroy a reassembled Roman army, and his subsequent defeats over a fifteen-year stay in Italy were due more to lack of sufficient toughen from home than to any failings of generalship.

Theodore Ayrault Dodge’s classic history, first published in 1891, is equally perceptive of Hannibal’s military prowess and his visionary character. Dodge followed Hannibal’s route from Carthage to Italy, paying particular attention to the famous crossing of the Alps, exploring each and every pass so as to resolve Hannibal’s route. On this book, he wrote an entire history of the art of war among these two mighty armies.

Hannibal remains unequaled as the most comprehensive and readable study of history’s greatest general.

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