10-02-2019, 10:05 AM
Re. "The problems with Appian's account of the Battle of Zama" by James Presland...
Recommended for Polybius Club Members:
"The Battle of Zama opened with Hannibal forming his elephants in front of his army and charging them in an all-out frontal assault on the Romans. Appian’s account agrees with this, although what happens next is completely in the realms of fantasy."
"...highly improbable as it contradicts the established account of the battle given to us by the main sources of Polybius and Livy..."
Recommended for Polybius Club Members:
"The Battle of Zama opened with Hannibal forming his elephants in front of his army and charging them in an all-out frontal assault on the Romans. Appian’s account agrees with this, although what happens next is completely in the realms of fantasy."
"...highly improbable as it contradicts the established account of the battle given to us by the main sources of Polybius and Livy..."
