"The intersecting lives of the great Carthaginian general Hannibal and his Roman adversary Scipio led to one of the most fateful rivalries of antiquity. This absorbing joint biography shows not only how their careers illuminate one another but also how they lived through momentous times which both helped to shape"--
"The intersecting lives of the great Carthaginian general Hannibal and his Roman adversary Scipio led to one of the most fateful rivalries of antiquity. This absorbing joint biography shows not only how their careers illuminate one another but also how they lived through momentous times which both helped to shape"--
Simon Hornblower, FBA, is a former Senior Research Fellow in Classical Studies at All Souls College, Oxford, and was previously (from 2006-10) Professor of Classics and Grote Professor of Ancient History at University College London. Over the past fifty years he has written, edited or co-edited twenty-five books, including Commentary on Thucydides (3 Volumes, 1991-2008), Herodotus: Histories Book V and VI (Cambridge, 2013 and 2017) and, most recently, Livy: Ab urbe condita Book XXII (Cambridge, 2020) and Lykophron: Alexandra (2022).
Inhaltsangabe
Prologue; 1. Hannibal and Scipio on themselves; 2. Origins: Hannibal: 247-221 BCE birth to age 26 years Scipio: 235-218 birth to aged 17 years; 3. Hannibal victorious: 221-216 aged 26-31 years; 4. Scipio 216-205 aged 19-30 years; 5. Hannibal frustrated in Italy 216-208 aged 31-39; 6. Overseas commands: freedoms and perils; 7. Politics and factions at Carthage and Rome; 8. The tipping-point: the battle at the Metaurus or Sena 207 Hannibal aged 40; 9. Hannibal and Scipio meet and fight at last: Zama 202 aged 45 and 33; 10. The religion of Hannibal and Scipio; 11. Scipio triumphant 202-193 aged 33-42; 12. Hannibal as reformer at Carthage 196 aged 51; 13. Hannibal Scipio and the Greek world; 14. Hannibal flees to Antiochus III; his intrigues: 195-3 aged 52-54; 15. Hannibal and Scipio as military advisers: Magnesia 190 aged 57 and 45; 16. Hannibal and Scipio: the military comparison; 17. Hannibal's years of wandering 190-183 aged 57-64; 18. The downfall and death of Scipio 187-183 aged 48-52; 19. Afterlives; 20. Conclusion: parallel lives.
Prologue; 1. Hannibal and Scipio on themselves; 2. Origins: Hannibal: 247-221 BCE birth to age 26 years Scipio: 235-218 birth to aged 17 years; 3. Hannibal victorious: 221-216 aged 26-31 years; 4. Scipio 216-205 aged 19-30 years; 5. Hannibal frustrated in Italy 216-208 aged 31-39; 6. Overseas commands: freedoms and perils; 7. Politics and factions at Carthage and Rome; 8. The tipping-point: the battle at the Metaurus or Sena 207 Hannibal aged 40; 9. Hannibal and Scipio meet and fight at last: Zama 202 aged 45 and 33; 10. The religion of Hannibal and Scipio; 11. Scipio triumphant 202-193 aged 33-42; 12. Hannibal as reformer at Carthage 196 aged 51; 13. Hannibal Scipio and the Greek world; 14. Hannibal flees to Antiochus III; his intrigues: 195-3 aged 52-54; 15. Hannibal and Scipio as military advisers: Magnesia 190 aged 57 and 45; 16. Hannibal and Scipio: the military comparison; 17. Hannibal's years of wandering 190-183 aged 57-64; 18. The downfall and death of Scipio 187-183 aged 48-52; 19. Afterlives; 20. Conclusion: parallel lives.
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