A Roman senator reflects on his past, where he saved his father from Carthaginian forces. The narrative emphasizes the urgency for Rome to counter Hannibal's threat in Italy by launching an ...

The Roman general Scipio and Carthaginian Hannibal dueled with each other during the last years of the third century B.C., ...

In 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed the Alps against the advice of his men, who claimed it was impossible.

Although not winning all of the battles that followed in Italy, the Romans never gave Hannibal a chance for a decisive victory. Meanwhile, Scipio later famed as Africanus -- secured control of Spain ...

In 218 BC, a Carthaginian army of ninety thousand men and three dozen elephants set out to cross the Alps to challenge the might of Rome. The exact route chosen by Hannibal, its charismatic ...