05-02-2019, 08:48 AM
And in Publius Licinius Crassus Dives we have the Pontifex Maximus from 212 - 183; the person with the opportunity and motive; the ability to make the official records of Rome serve the aims and ambitions of Scipio; his political ally. I know we`ve addressed the question before, but who, at the time, would question such authority? Official Roman history would be based upon it - I think the general form that histories of the Zama campaign took before Polybius was similar to Appian`s chronolgy, but for Polybius` elaboration of the battle of Zama itself and odd details like the borrowing of the three spies story.
