Hannibal a History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Hannibal a History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna<br><br>IN the study of the campaigns of Alexander original research has been limited to a few travelers and geographers or to military men conducting explorations under the aus pioes of some government and provided with facilities denied to most of us. In the case of Hannibal it is different. Spain and Italy are accessible as Persia and Afghanistan are not and the topography of the theatre of the Second Punic War can be readily examined and ascertained. NO historian of Hannibal appears however to have studied his campaigns on the ground. Almost all accounts of his extraordinary marches manoeuvres and battles borrow their topography if they give any from some predecessor equally limited in his facilities or from very insufficient maps. Many errors have thus been propagated.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.