A History Of: Hannibal and the Punic Wars
Summary: A look at the life of everyones favourite Carthaginian general - Hannibal; used to tell the wider story of Rome's conflict with Carthage which set Rome on her path to domination of the Mediterranean.
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This week we continue covering the siege of Lilybaeum looking at Publius Claudius Pulcher's disaster at Drepana.
This week we cover the beginning of the siege of Lilybaeum as well as why the episode is a week late.
This week we cover Rome's attempts to recover after the invasion of Africa, and attempts to recover from that recovery and then recover from that recovery etc.
This week we cover the disaster that was Rome's invasion of Africa and the genius that was Xanthippus.
This week we get into classical naval technology as well as bringing the First Punic War from the Sack of Agrigentum to the Roman invasion of Africa.
This week we cover the First Punic War up to the Sack of Agrigentum and I announce a secret project.
This week we introduce Carthage. We have a look at Carthaginian government, Carthaginian Military and Carthaginian History.
This week we finish our introduction of the Romans. We take a look at Roman history from the revolution which threw out the kings through to the conquest of southern Italy.
This week we continue our introduction of the Romans. We take a look at the Roman Army, Roman religion and ancient geography.
This week we introduce the Romans, well we begin to. We take a look at the Roman constitution.
Hello and welcome to A History Of: Hannibal. In this episode we introduce the series, say what we will be covering and cover our two main sources for the period, Polybius and Livy.
