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Hannibal’s War
by Livy
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This volume contains Books 21–30 of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita, his surviving continuous account of the Second Punic War. The narrative follows Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps, the disasters suffered by Rome in Italy, the battle of Cannae, Roman recovery under commanders such as Fabius and Scipio, and the final defeat of Carthage at Zama. Livy treats the war as a test of Roman endurance, discipline and political cohesion under extreme pressure.