The War with Hannibal

This portion of Livy's history of Rome, written in the late first century BCE, covers the Second Punic War. It opens with Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, the early Carthaginian victories in Italy, and the disaster at Cannae, then follows the long Roman recovery: Fabius's delaying strategy, the war in Spain, alliances in Italy and Greece, and Scipio's campaign in Africa ending at Zama. Speeches, omens, and character sketches of Hannibal, Fabius, and Scipio sit beside annalistic year-by-year campaigning. The work is both a military narrative and a Roman lesson in endurance after defeat on home ground.

Bound in brown cloth with gilt cover illustration. Dark brown slipcase.