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Cannae. The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War by Hannibal;Daly, Gregory is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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BOOK COVER 1 HALF-TITLE 2 TITLE 3 DEDICATION 4 COPYRIGHT 4 CONTENTS 5 MAPS AND FIGURES 7 PREFACE 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12 ABBREVIATIONS 13 GLOSSARY 16 1 INTRODUCTION 20 2 THE ROAD TO CANNAE 28 Introduction: the origins of the Second Punic War 28 Initial strategies 30 The Carthaginian invasion of Italy 32 Sources 37 Polybius 37 Livy 42 Appian 44 Manpower 45 Rome 45 Carthage 48 Topography 51 Tactics 54 Conclusion: the consequences of Cannae 64 3 THE ROMAN ARMY 68 Introduction 68 Rome’s militia and the ‘Servian’ constitution 69 The army as a society 72 Polybius on the Roman army 74 The organisation of the legions 76 The manipular legion20 76 Heavy infantry 78 Maniples and centuries 79 Legionary equipment 83 Hasta 84 Scutum and gladius 84 Protective equipment 87 Light infantry 89 Cavalry 92 The allies 95 Syracusan light troops 98 Conclusion 98 4 THE CARTHAGINIAN ARMY 100 Introduction 100 Africans 103 Libyans 103 Libyan organisation and equipment 105 The Libyans at Cannae 107 Liby-Phoenicians 109 Numidians 110 Mercenaries or allies? 111 Organisation and equipment 111 Moors 112 Gaetulians 113 Spaniards 113 Iberians 114 Iberian organisation 115 Infantry equipment 115 Cavalry 117 Celtiberian
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hannibal;Daly, Gregory
- Publisher
- Ebrary
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14