On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...
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‘Hannibal and Scipio’ Review: Carthage Versus Rome
Some 16 years earlier, in 218 B.C., Hannibal had brought his army, including his war elephants, across the Alps and had won several battles in Italy, even while Scipio, the younger of the two ...