04-04-2011, 05:47 PM
Agreed, it is a fairly weak book which spends most of it's time belittling Hannibal and praising Scipio, which is odd for a book which should be focused on Hannibal's army.
I found Cannae by Gregory Daly to be the best source on Hannibal's army in the English language, which is very detailed and much better than Stephenson's work.
This is a link to a thread I've been writing about Hannibal's army on another forum if you want to read it
http://www.historum.com/ancient-history/...-time.html
I found Cannae by Gregory Daly to be the best source on Hannibal's army in the English language, which is very detailed and much better than Stephenson's work.
This is a link to a thread I've been writing about Hannibal's army on another forum if you want to read it
http://www.historum.com/ancient-history/...-time.html