Research Catalog

Title

Hannibal's war : books twenty-one to thirty / Livy ; translated by J.C. Yardley ; with an introduction and notes by Dexter Hoyos.

Author

Livy

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Yardley, John, 1942-
• Hoyos, Dexter.
• Hoyos, B. D. (B. Dexter), 1944-

Description

xliii, 740 p. : maps; 20 cm.

Summary

"Livy's history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. Livy describes the bloody siege of the Spanish city of Saguntum, Rome's ally, which sparked the war, and the Carthaginian leader's famous march with elephants over the Alps into Italy. Livy conveys the drama of the great battles, the disastrous encounters at Trasimene and Cannae, and the final confrontation between Hannibal and the youthful Scipio Africanus. Individuals as well as events are brought to life, as the long course of the Second Punic War unfolds."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

• Ab urbe condita Liber 21-30. English
• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Alternative Title

Ab urbe condita Liber 21-30.

Subjects

• History
• Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C
• Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C > Campaigns > Italy
• Rome > History > Republic, 265 B.C.-30 B.C
• Punic War, 2nd, 218 B.C.-201 B.C > Campaigns > Italy
• Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxvi]-xxxviii) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Latin.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0192831593
• 9780192831590

OCLC

62225100

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library