The War with Hannibal (The History of Rome from its Foundation Books 21-30)

Titus Livy; Aubrey de Selincourt (translator)

In The War with Hannibal, Livy (59 BC AD 17) chronicles the events of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, until the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. He vividly recreates the immense armies of Hannibal, complete with elephants, crossing the Alps; the panic as they approached the gates of Rome; and t...