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Hannibal

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Command

Last Stocked on 6/22/2023

Product Info

Title
Hannibal
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Nic Fields
Publish Year
2011
Pages
64
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147443104
MFG. Part #
OSPCMD011
Type
Softcover
Series
CMD11

Description

By the end of the First Punic War, the Romans had reduced the capital city of the Carthaginian Empire to a heap of ashes and destroyed its culture. However in 219 BC Hannibal, the eldest son of the charismatic general Hamilcar Barca, began the Second Punic War and was so successful that he threatened to destroy Roman power completely. Hannibal was a cool, thoughtful general, and can arguably be described as the greatest general of antiquity. His genius rested on a mixture of bluff, double bluff, and an ability to use all troop types to their best advantage. The battle of Cannae remains a chef-d’oeuvre to which generations of subsequent generals have aspired.