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- Book: The Zama Campaign Reconstructed: Forgotten Battles Massinissa`s . . .
2 Polybius, the three spies and the forgotten battle of Zama (March 2021) In this paper I discuss some plausible links in the historiography of the three spies` stories and attempt to identify Polybius` sources and the reasons why he decided to retain it in his narrative leading up to the great battle of Zama
- During the Second Punic War how useful was Macedonia as an ally to . . .
Polybius states that when Philip ordered the construction of 100 lembi in the winter of 217-216, he had no illusions about being able to take on the Roman fleet (Polyb 5 109 1-3)
- Book: The Zama Campaign Reconstructed: Forgotten Battles Massinissa`s . . .
Livy’s re-narrativising of Polybius can be fascinating; he recast history as a moral and national story that the Augustan-era gentry clearly loved Appian, too, describes the main battle in essential accord with Polybius and Livy, and likewise records the final peace terms, including the surrender of Carthage’s war galleys
- Was the idea that homosexualy being common in Ancient Greece wrong . . .
It's the translation by the Classical scholar Robin Waterfield (Robin Waterfield - Wikipedia), this is a review of his translation of Polybius (Polybius, The Histories
- Battle of Magnesia, Near Roman Disaster? - History Forum
Battle of Magnesia, Near Roman Disaster? I recently read an interesting article by historian Ilkka Syvänne on the Battle of Magnesia Syvänne presents the battle as a "near disaster" for the Romans and that Domitius Ahenobarbus Lucius Scipio effectively fell into Antiochus III's trap As
- Baecula: Scipios Greatest Blunder? | Page 2 | History Forum
Polybius (10 37 4) states that prior to the battle Hasdrubal decided that if he defeated Scipio he would contemplate his next move, while if he lost he would gather as many survivors as he could and march to Italy This would seem to indicate that marching to Italy was already on his mind before the battle
- Europe Top 100 Last Spot Voting: Round 2 Match 2
Polybius’ account of a total of 12,000 prisoners may not be an exaggeration if those still loyal to Carthage in the town of and around Baecula are included; he does state specifically they were ‘collected the next day’ at Book 10 40 1-2, and that ‘the Iberians in the districts…who were still allies of the Carthaginians now came in to
- Antiochus III and his Anabasis in the East | History Forum
Polybius concludes the narration of the ‘Anabasis’ with these words: “This was the extreme limit of the march of Antiochus into the interior: in which he not only reduced the up-country Satraps to obedience to his authority, but also the coast cities, and the princes on this side Taurus; and, in a word, consolidated his kingdom by
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