Africanus: Hijo del Consul (Africanus: Son of the Consul) is the first book of a trilogy by Santiago Posteguillo which may well be the most comprehensive account of the Second Punic War and it’s aftermath written in modern times. There is only one slight problema-the book is in Spanish and there is no English translation […]
Maximus, Warts and All
December 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I have just published my new historical novella Maximus, Warts and All, on Kindle and Create Space. Maximus,Warts and All, is the story, told in the first person, of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator, the Roman general who confounded Hannibal’s ambitions during the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage. For those who have read […]
My new book, Sempronia the Sister of the Gracchi is Now Available on Amazon
October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
My second book, Sempronia, the Sister of the Gracchi, has just been published by Create Space. This is a short work which tells the story of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, Roman reformers of the second century B.C., through the eyes of their sister Sempronia. Sempronia is described by ancient historians as “unlovely, unloving, and unloved.” […]
Notable Women of the Roman Republic: Sempronia the Sister of the Gracchi
July 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In our last blog in our series Notable Women of the Roman Republic we wrote about Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi. Cornelia was the daughter of the great Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus who conquered Carthage at the end of the second Punic war. She was married to Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and had twelve children […]
Notable Women of the Roman Republic: Cornelia the Mother of the Gracchi
July 10, 2012 By 8 Comments
In my last blog about notable women of the Roman Republic, I wrote about Aemilia Paulla, the daughter of Aemilius Paullus the Roman consul slain at Cannae, and wife of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the conqueror of Carthage in the second Punic war. In this blog I will write about her younger daughter, Cornelia […]
Book Review: The Sword of Carthage by Vaughn Heppner
June 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Sword of Carthage The Sword of Carthage, by Vaughn Heppner, tells a tale of the first Punic war through the eyes of Hamilcar Barca, the father of Hannibal. In writing The Death of Carthage, my novel of the second and third Punic wars, I naturally tried to learn all I could […]
The Sack of Carthage by Geoffrey Lehman
June 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Sack of Carthage by Geoffrey Lehmann From book: A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems Used by permission of the poet. Screams, laughter, smoke, rapine at noon Nightmare by day, figures from night we roamed Bloody and light-headed through spectral sunlight, Burning the corpse of Carthage. But then we saw them. Sacking […]
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