Yesterday's Classics, 2010. — 228 p. — (Makers of History). Rome or Carthage: the struggle between these two great powers of the ancient world determined the course of Western civilization. This mighty clash of civilizations was fought out in Spain, the Alps, the length and breadth of Italy, and in North Africa, where the legions of Rome finally laid waste to the city of...
C.H.Beck, 1998. — 119 p. In einer sehr flüssig lesbaren und leicht verständlich geschriebenen Biographie schildert der Autor das Leben des vllt. größten Gegners Roms. Nach einem einleitenden Teil über die Vorgeschichte beider Reiche und der Schilderung der Ausgangslage liegt der Fokus natürlich auf der Beschreibung des sogenannten "Zweiten Punischen Krieges", wobei auch die...
BL Publishing, 2005. — 112 p. — (Warhammer Historical: Ancient Battles). Hannibal Barca was the most famous general of his age. At the start of the second Punic War, against all odds, he marched his army over two mountain ranges and took on the Roman Republic; the mightiest empire of the ancient world. He won famous victory after famous victory and campaigned in his enemy's...
Riverhead Books, 2013. — 336 p. The life of Hannibal, the great Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with his army in 218 BCE, is the stuff of legend. And the epic choices he and his Roman enemies made on the battlefield and in life offer timeless lessons to us today about how we should respond to our own victories and defeats. Inspired by ancient history, Hannibal and Me...
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015. — ISBN: 978-0-300-15204-3 Hannibal lived a life of incredible feats of daring and survival, massive military engagements, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome’s own heartland to fight the Second Punic War....
Chelsea House Publishers, 2008. — 120 p. — (Ancient World Leaders). Mills's informative biography starts with Hannibal preparing to attack the Romans and then goes back in time to explain the founding of Carthage and the history of its conflict with Rome, mainly focusing on the Second Punic War and the subject's journey and battles during that time. In a slight shift of focus,...
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