A recent study by historian Connor Beattie, published in the Journal of Ancient History, reveals a little-known but crucial ...

As to their parallel lives, Plutarch, who invented the genre, paired Scipio Africanus with the Theban general Epaminondas, not with Hannibal (who didn’t fit Plutarch’s schema, being neither Greek nor ...

“It is thought that Hannibal may have started from Cartagena, Spain with an army of around 90,000, including an estimated 12,000 cavalry, but that he left at least 20,000 soldiers in Spain to ...

Scipio Africanus: He became one of ... Spain. Scipio was just 25 when he became general of the army and almost immediately turned the war in Rome's favour, capturing Catharginian forces and cities ...

In Spain, Hannibal came into his own, taking his first commands under his brother-in-law Hasdrubal. In 221 B.C., Hasdrubal was assassinated, ... Scipio Africanus, Hannibal’s bane.

A colored engraving from the 19th century depicts the Battle of Zama (202 B.C.) in what is now Tunisia involving a combat elephant. A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated ...

According to the traveler Javier Reverte, the Mediterranean has a “mythological and mystical soul, but above all, it has a poetic soul.” As the famous song says, that can be felt “from Algeciras to ...

Two headstones in memory of Scipio Africanus, who lived in Bristol in the 18th century, were smashed. News Sports Autos Business Michigan Life + Home Entertainment Opinion Obituaries. Subscribe.