CARTHAGE - Hannibal Barca Battles Rome To Destruction - EVE-MACDOLAD-CARTHAGE PART 2
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DIDO WELCOMES AENEAS Hannibal Barca Battles Rome To Destruction Eve MacDonald, Part Two: MacDonald chronicles the Second and Third Punic Wars, focusing on Hannibal Barca’s audacious military campaign across the Alps into Italy. The narrative details his tactical masterclass at Cannae, his rivalry with Scipio Africanus, and his eventual defeat at the Battle of Zama. It further examines Hannibal’s exile and suicide, Cato’s demands for destruction, the brutal siege of Carthage by Scipio Aemilianus, and the city’s eventual rebirth under Augustus as a major Roman imperial center. (2)
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