Hannibal: A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C., with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War ...Houghton Mifflin, 1891 - 682 sayfa |
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Æmilius African Alexander allies Alps Apennines Apulia Ariminum arms attack barbarians battle Beneventum Bruttium camp campaign Campania Cannæ Canusium captured Capua Carthage Carthaginian Casilinum cavalry centre column command consular army consuls crossed defeat defile elephants enemy enemy's Fabius fact fight Flaminius flank fleet foragers force front Fulvius Gallic garrison Gauls Geronium Gracchus Greeks Hamilcar Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal hastati hundred infantry Isère Italy land legionaries light troops Little St Livy loss Lucania Luceria Mago maniples manœuvre Marcellus miles military Minucius mountains moved Nero nibal Nola Numidians pass phalanx Placentia plain Polybius prætor probably Punic Pyrrhus reached rear retired Rhone river road Roman army Roman legions Rome route Saguntum Scipio Second Punic War Sempronius senate sent Sicily siege soldier Spain stratagem success Tarentum thousand foot thousand horse Ticinus tion town Trebia triarii valley Varro velites victory walls
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