Quintus Fabius Maximus Cuncator | The Death of Carthage

How Did the Romans Recover From Their Devastating Defeat at the Battle of Cannae?

July 23, 2024 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

It is believed that between the battles of Trebia, Trasimene and Cannae, twenty percent of Italian men of military age perished. At the Battle of Cannae alone, some 55,000 Romans and allies were killed In addition to losing all of those soldiers, after Cannae a lot of cities, towns and tribes that had been allied […]

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How Did Hannibal Lose the Second Punic War When He Was a Military Genius.

May 25, 2024 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

When the Second Punic War began, the Romans did not have any generals who were remotely Hannibal’s equal in battlefield tactics. Hannibal demolished the Roman army at the Battles of Ticinus, Trebia, and Trasimene. Then the Romans elected Quintus Fabius Maximus dictator and he promoted a novel idea: Let’s not fight Hannibal on his terms […]

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Why Did The Romans Consider Quintus Fabius Maximus’ Strategy Cowardly?

February 17, 2023 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

Quintus Fabius Maximus thought outside the box. The normal Roman response was to directly confront the enemy on the battlefield, and most Romans could not understand or tolerate Fabius’ thinking. Livy relates how Fabius attempted to dissuade the Consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus from confronting Hannibal at Cannae. Fabius: “I think you know why I have […]

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Were Roman Generals Better Than Carthaginian Generals During the Punic Wars?

June 30, 2022 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

Carthage had one good general in the First Punic War, plus one good mercenary general. The good Carthaginian General was Hamilcar Barca, the father of Hannibal Barca. He fought in Sicily and never lost a battle. After the defeat of Carthage in 241 B.C at the naval Battle of the Aegates Islands, Carthage sued for […]