Hannibal's Military Skill 
.... from any hope of rescue" and could survive only by defeating the Romans (
Polybius III 60 143 and III 63 153). 3.
Livy, the Roman historian, (59-17) said ....
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The Battle of Cannae
.... was taken when the defeated consul Varro--who, at least subsequently, was regarded as the chief cause of the disaster by both
Polybius and
Livy--returned to ....
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Hannibal Hannibal belongs to the select group
.... The second section is a brief evaluation of our principal guides, the classical historians
Polybius and
Livy, who between them provide most of the material on ....
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March of Hannibal
.... However--as will be discussed below--if the figures we are given by both
Polybius and
Livy for the strength of Hannibal's army are to be relied on, its losses ....
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Hannibal's & the Gauls
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Polybius nor
Livy gives any hint of why Hannibal involved himself in a local Gallic quarrel, and there is no obvious reason why he would have done so. ....
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Hannibal & the Second Roman War
.... Both
Polybius and
Livy imply that invasion preparations were already taken in hand almost immediately after the fall of Saguntum. ....
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Hannibal's first major victory at Trebia
.... At some point (unfortunately, neither
Polybius nor
Livy give any detailed account of the passage of time), Hannibal determined to withdraw. ....
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Roman Battle Force & Hannibal
.... of each many times exceed its front." The reason for this departure from normal Roman infantry doctrine is unclear; neither
Polybius nor
Livy provides any ....
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Hannibal and Wars
.... On the other hand,
Livy's version is both circumstantial and plausible, and certainly he and
Polybius are in agreement on the ineffectuality of Philip's ....
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General Hannibal
.... However much
Polybius and
Livy found fault with the generals whom Hannibal defeated in the early years of the war, they were probably no worse than many other ....
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Hannibal's Offensive Policy & Roman Campaign
.... These city-states had common characteristics that were familiar and indeed taken for granted in the ancient world; if neither
Polybius nor
Livy spells out ....
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Hannibal's Strategy
.... difficulty resist the few? The modern editor of
Livy notes that
Polybius denies these claimed effects of Cannae. In fact, the supposed ....
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The Disipline of History & Herodotus
.... and seductive sections of Herodotus, as they do for other historians following the same approach, including Thucydides,
Polybius, Sallust,
Livy, and Tacitus ....
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Hannibal's Victory at Cannae & Continued War Strategy
.... know what if anything
Polybius had to say about Hannibal's decision, since
Polybius' narrative breaks off before reaching that point. But from
Livy's time on ....
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The Second Roman War The Second Roman War was in its most
....
Livy says of the African heavy infantry that "the Africans might have passed for an array of Romans," though he may have jumped to a conclusion from
Polybius' ....
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The City of Carthage
.... London: UCL Press, 1996.
Livy (Titus Livius). History. .... (Note that this author is the same as co-author Gilbert Charles-Picard, above.)
Polybius. The Histories. ....
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