Book XXX of Livy's great history of Rome describes the last few
years (203-201 BC), of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage,
including Hannibal's final defeat by Scipio at Zama, the conclusion of
peace and Scipio's triumphal return to Rome.This useful edition
of the Latin text, reissued after being unavailable for some time,
includes an introduction giving background on Livy and his work, Rome
and Carthage, the Punic Wars, the African campaign, the Roman army and
Scipio's tactics. There are copious notes on the text, an appendix on
chronology, an index...

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Can anyone be so indifferent or idle as not to care to know by what means and under what kind of polity almost the whole inhabited world was conquered and bought under the dominion of a single city of Rome? Polybius, Greek Historian

The city of Rome created the foundations of an empire that would come to challenge and conquer the great civilizations of Europe and the Near East. H.H. Scullard s definitive and highly acclaimed study reveals the peculiar genius of the Roman people, their...