Hannibal’s Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome’s Greatest Enemy

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According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was once nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy’s hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome.

Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the preferred imagination moderately like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched on a monstrous elephant, leading his mercenaries over the Alps, and then, against all odds, descending the ice-covered peaks to challenge Rome in her own backyard for mastery of the ancient world. It was once a bold move, and it established Hannibal as certainly one of history’s greatest commanders. But this same brilliant tactician may be certainly one of history’s most tragic figures; fate condemned him to win his battles but not his war against Rome.

An the world over recognized expert on Hannibal for almost thirty years, historian John Prevas has visited each Hannibal-related website and mountain pass, from Tunisia to Italy, Spain to Turkey, in the hunt for evidence to dispel the myths surrounding Hannibal’s character and his wars.

Hannibal’s Oath is an easily readable yet comprehensive biography of this iconic military leader–an epic account of a monumental and tragic life.

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