A Greater Than Napoleon: Scipio AfricanusScipio Africanus (236-183 b.c.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory. As B.H. Liddell Hart writes, "Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses--many still feasible today--than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
HALF LIGHT | 9 |
DAWN | 20 |
THE STORM OF CARTAGENA | 31 |
THE BATTLE OF BECULA | 44 |
THE BATTLE OF ILIPA | 56 |
THE SUBJUGATION OF SPAIN | 67 |
THE TRUE OBJECTIVE | 88 |
AFRICA | 123 |
ZAMA | 164 |
AFTER ZAMA | 191 |
SIESTA | 204 |
THE LAST | 222 |
DUSK | 238 |
ROMES ZENITH | 248 |
A POLITICAL HITCH | 106 |
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action advance Africa Alexander allies Andobales Antiochus arms arrived attack Bæcula base battle BATTLE OF ILIPA brother Cæsar camp Cannæ captains Cartagena Carthage Carthaginian Carthaginian armies Cato cavalry Celtiberians command consul danger decisive defeat elephants enemy enemy's envoys escaped Etolians Fabius fight flank fleet fresh Gades gained garrison Gaul grand strategy Greece Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal Barca Hasdrubal's hastati historians honour Ilipa infantry Italy King Lælius land later legions light troops Livy Livy's Locri Lucius Mago Mandonius maniples manœuvre Masinissa menace military modern moral move Napoleon Numidians once peace Pleminius political Polybius Polybius's province Publius Scipio quinqueremes realised rear refused reinforcements retired Roman Roman Senate Rome Rome's Scipio Africanus Senate sent ships Sicily side siege soldiers Spain Spanish strategical strength success supreme surprise Syphax tactical Tarraco thaginians tion took triarii tribunes triumph turned Utica velites victory Zama