Publius bound for Iberia with sixty ships and Tiberius Sempronius for Africa with a hundred and sixty quinqueremes. Continue reading “Hannibal’s crossing of the Rhone”
Hannibal’s crossing of the Rhone
Hannibal’s preparations before carrying the war against the Romans into Italy
Hannibal, who was wintering in New Carthage, in the first place dismissed the Iberians to their own cities hoping thus to make them readily disposed to help in the future; Continue reading “Hannibal’s preparations before carrying the war against the Romans into Italy”
The diplomatic history between Rome and Carthage up to the time of Hannibal
The first treaty between Rome and Carthage dates from the consulship of Lucius Junius Brutus and Marcus Horatius, the first Consuls after the expulsion of the kings, and the founders of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. Continue reading “The diplomatic history between Rome and Carthage up to the time of Hannibal”
The causes of the Hannibalic War
To return to the war between Rome and Carthage, we must regard its first cause as being the indignation of Hamilcar surnamed Barcas, the actual father of Hannibal. Continue reading “The causes of the Hannibalic War”
The determined Romans expel the Celts/Gauls from the plain of the Po
Next year’s Consuls, however, Publius Furius (223 B.C.), and Gaius Flaminius, again invaded the Celtic territory, through the country of the Anares who dwelt not far from Marseilles. Continue reading “The determined Romans expel the Celts/Gauls from the plain of the Po”
The Celtic/Gallic invasions of Italy (4th-3rd cen. B.C.)
The Apennines, from their junction with the Alps above Marseilles, are inhabited on both slopes, that looking to the Tyrrhenian sea and that turned to the plain, by the Ligurians whose territory reaches on the seaboard-side as far as Pisa, the first city of western Etruria, and on the land side as far as Arretium ( = Arezzo). Next come the Etruscans, and after them both slopes are inhabited by the Umbrians. Continue reading “The Celtic/Gallic invasions of Italy (4th-3rd cen. B.C.)”
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