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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Hannibal, one of history's most famous generals, achieved what the Romans thought to be impossible. With a vast army of 30,000 troops, 15,000 horses, and 37 war elephants, he crossed the mighty Alps in only 16 days to launch an attack on Rome from the north. In Hannibal in the Alps, a team of experts conclusively proves for the first time that Hannibal's army did indeed cross the Alps.
6) Hannibal
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This authoritative biography brings to life one of the great commanders of the ancient world, Hannibal Barca of Carthage, who crossed the Alps with his war elephants to invade Italy and brought Rome to its knees. In the third century BCE, Carthage was the great mercantile power of the Mediterranean world, with colonies from Spain to Sicily. When the increasingly powerful Roman Republic challenged Carthage for primacy in the Mediterranean, Carthage's...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"As Rome rose to power in the 3rd century BCE there was only one real rival in the Mediterranean--Carthage. In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated Carthage. Now Hannibal, a brilliant young Carthaginian general, is out for revenge. Caught up in the maelstrom are two young boys, Hanno, the son of a distinguished soldier and confidant of Hannibal, and Quintus, son of a Roman equestrian and landowner. A disastrous adventure...
8) Hannibal
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and military exploits of the famous Carthaginian general.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Robert L. O'Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells the whole story of Cannae for the first time, giving a stirring account of this apocalyptic battle of the Second Punic War, and its causes and consequences.
15) Africanus
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Con magistral precisión histórica y un excelente ritmo narrativo, Santiago Posteguillo presenta la historia de la infancia y juventud de Africanus, uno de los personajes más influyentes de Occidente. A finales del siglo III a. C., Roma se encontraba al borde de la destrucción total, a punto de ser aniquilada por los ejércitos cartagineses al mando de uno de los mejores estrategas militares de todos los tiempos: Aníbal. Su alianza con Filipo...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Hannibal Barca, the general from Carthage who waged battle after battle against the Romans, from his early victories and march across the Alps to his rivalry with Rome and final years in exile.
