I have recently received an award from International Impact Book Awards in two categories, Historical Fiction and Biography for my book You Won’t Even Have My Bones, The Story of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus. This has given me the impetus to restart this blog. I have a lot of material that I have accumulated from […]
Quora Question: Why did Hannibal Hate the Romans
Hannibal’s father was Hamilcar Barca, the most effective general Carthage produced during the 23 year long First Punic War, 264 B.C. to 241 B.C. In 264 B.C. Carthage suffered a massive defeat at the naval battle of the Aegates Islands and sued for peace. Hamilcar Barca had been having some success against the Romans in […]
Filed Under: Ancient Rome, Carthage Tagged With: Antiochus III, Carthage, Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, Prusius King of Bithynia, Saguntum, Scipio Africanus, Treaty of Lutatius
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