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 […]
Book Review: The Scipios in Spain by Kevin Hardy
Filed Under: Ancient Rome, Book Review, Carthage Tagged With: Battle of Baecula, Battle of Cissa, Battle of Dertosa, Battle of Ilipa., Battles of the Upper Baetis, Gneius Cornelius Scipio Calvus, Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca, Hasdrubal Son of Gisco, Indibilis, Mago Barca, Mandonius, Masinissa, publius cornelius scipio africanus, Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder, Siege of New Carthage, Syphax
What Was the Role of Hispanian Tribesmen in the Second Punic War?
During the Second Punic War, Rome and Carthage contended with each other for the loyalty and support of the native Spanish Tribes. When Hannibal’s father, Hamilcar Barca, came to Spain to establish Carthaginian hegemony, he encountered resistance from some of the tribes. In fact, he was killed in a conflict with the Carpetani, a large […]
Filed Under: Carthage Tagged With: Gneius Scipio, Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal, Hasdrubal Barca, Hasdrubal the Fair, Hispania, Iberus River, Indibilis, Mandonius, Masinissa, Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder, Scipio Africanus, Second Punic War, Upper Baetus
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