Second Punic War | The Death of Carthage

Scipio Africanus, Rome’s Greatest General

December 6, 2013 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

Richard Gabriel is a military historian and his strength lies in his thorough understanding of military history, strategy, tactics and logistics. In Scipio Africanus Gabriel thoroughly analyses Scipio’s military campaigns in Spain and Africa and gets into details that will fascinate students of military history. For example he shows that, based on logistics it would […]

Filed Under: Ancient Rome, Book Review, Carthage Tagged With: Battle of Ilipa., Battle of Zama, Carthage, Fabius Maximus, Hannibal, Hasdrubal Barca, Richard Gabriel, rome, Scipio Africanus, Second Punic War

Whatever Happened to Hannibal’s Elephants?

October 2, 2013 By Robin Levin 5 Comments

In ancient times there was widespread use of elephants in warfare. The first use of elephants in military campaigns probably occurred in India sometime during the first millennium B.C. The practice eventually spread eastward to Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, and westward to Greece and North Africa. In 326 B.C. Alexander the Great invaded India, […]

Filed Under: Ancient Rome, Carthage Tagged With: Battle of Pydna, Battle of Trebia, elephants, Hannibal, Pyrrhus of Epirus, rome, Scipio Aemilianus, Scipio Africanus, Second Punic War, Third Macidonian War

Book Review: Hannibal: A History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge

July 3, 2013 By Robin Levin Leave a Comment

Theodore Ayrault Dodge was a military historian who was born in 1842 and died in 1909. He fought as a Union officer in the American Civil War and wrote a number of biographies of history’s most famous generals, including Alexander the Great, Hannibal Barca, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte. In […]

Filed Under: Ancient Rome, Book Review, Carthage Tagged With: Cannae, Carthage, Gaius Claudius Nero, Hannibal, Hasdrubal, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Publius Cornelius Scipio, rome, Second Punic War, Theodore Ayrault Dodge

Book Review: Africanus: El Hijo Del Consul

January 28, 2013 By Robin Levin 5 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Ancient Rome, Book Review, Carthage Tagged With: Carthage, Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Marcus Porcius Cato, Phillip, Phillip the fifth of Macedon, publius cornelius scipio africanus, quintus fabius maximus, rome, Santiago Posteguillo, Second Punic War, Titus Macius Plautus

Maximus, Warts and All

December 5, 2012 By Robin Levin 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 […]