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Book Review: The Scipios in Spain by Kevin Hardy

August 23, 2024 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

It is said that the historian tells you what happened, and the historical novelist tells you what it felt like. Kevin Hardy, in his book The Scipios in Spain seeks to do both! Several times he asks the reader to imagine what it was like to be a velite or a hastatus in the […]

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The Importance of Conquering New Carthage

February 7, 2023 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

The Carthaginians controlled southern Spain before the Second Punic war and had alliances with some of the tribes of northern Spain. They had highly productive gold and silver mines in southern Spain which helped finance the war. The Second Punic War began as a result of Hannibal’s destruction of Saguntum, a Roman ally, and Spain […]

Filed Under: Ancient Rome, Carthage Tagged With: Battles of the Upper Baeits, Gneius Cornelius Scipio Calvus, Hannibal, New Carthage, publius cornelius scipio africanus, Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder

Was Bribing Hannibal’s Allies a Tactic Scipio Africanus Used to Win the War?

October 23, 2022 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

In terms of the Iberian tribes, it probably was. Livy mentioned that in conquering New Carthage, Scipio acquired all of Carthage’s hostages, which he promptly returned to their respective tribes, and he also acquired a lot of gold and silver. He sent most of it to Rome for their treasury, and also paid bounties to […]