Revision and Reconstruction in the Second Punic War

This paper offers a reconstruction of the events leading up to the battle of Zama, in 202 BCE. The writings of pro-Roman historians, especially Polybius, an employee of the Cornelian family, and Livy, a patriotic propagandist, tend to exaggerate the importance of Publius Cornelius Scipio’s generalsh...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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