{"product_id":"hannibal-barca-and-the-second-punic-war","title":"Hannibal Barca and the Second Punic War","description":"      \u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cdiv id=\"product-details\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCarl Fredrik Sverdrup\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e356\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003ePhotos:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e26 colour photos, 16 b\/w maps, 18 tables\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHelion and Company\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-barcode\" class=\"product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-name\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 61, 61); font-weight: bold; padding-right: 10px\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-text\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e9781806722648\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-sku\" style=\"margin-top: 15px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eItem No. 9781806722648\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cdiv id=\"product-description\" style=\"text-indent: 25px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHannibal Barca and the Second Punic War reexamines the Second Punic War from the ground up. Instead of retelling set-piece battles, it reconstructs campaigns with numbers orders of battle, losses, and force generation and tests every claim against the primary sources. The result is a clear, evidence-led narrative from Iberia to Italy, Africa, and even Hannibal's post-war campaigning in the eastern Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo convictions drive the work. First, that Rome's greatest military crisis can only be understood by quantifying the war: how many soldiers fought, where they were lost, and how fast either side could replace them. Second, that our main witness, Polybius brilliant but partisan toward the Scipios - must be read critically, not followed slavishly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these principles redefine Hannibal not as a tactician without a plan after Cannae, but as a commander who adapted his strategy under relentless numerical pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew analyses shed light on the diffusion of the Macedonian phalanx and the emergence of the cohort legion; the use of reserves; the Battle of Tunis; Hannibal's actual Alpine attrition; new perspectives on Trebia and Cannae, Hannibal's post-Cannae strategy, Scipio Africanus' conquest of Iberia, Rome's two battles against the llergetes; and the Zama campaign from initial preparations to the final clash. Readers receive a testable framework - what probably happened, why, and how the commanders thought - rather than a narrative of inevitability. Hannibal Barca and the Second Punic War is a must-read for historians, serious enthusiasts, and anyone who wants to weigh the evidence themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e      \u003chr style=\"border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 2px; margin: 0;\"\u003e    ","brand":"Helion and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67603822772398,"sku":"9781806722648","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/2486\/9806\/files\/9781806722648.jpg?v=1790746496","url":"https:\/\/rzm.com\/de\/products\/hannibal-barca-and-the-second-punic-war","provider":"RZM Imports Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}