Today's installment concludes Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal at Zama and Subjugates Carthage,our selection from History of Rome, Book XII by Livy
Carthage Diplomats in Rome
The language employed by the others was of a nature more calculated to excite compassion; they represented from what a height of power the
Romans Win the Battle
The camp was then pitched near Tunis in the same place as before, and thirty ambassadors came to Scipio from Carthage.Continuing Scipio Africanus
Carthage Troops Break
And now there were, in a manner, two contests going on together, the Carthaginians being compelled to fight at once with the enemy and with their own
Armies Form Battlelines
Hannibal, in order to terrify the enemy, drew up his elephants in front, and he had eighty of them, being more than he had ever had in any
Hannibal Proposes Peace
We do not refuse that all those possessions on account of which the war was begun should be yours; Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, with all the islands lying
Persia Consolidates Cyrus’ Conquests
Today's installment concludes Cyrus Begins the Persian Empire,our selection from A History of Greece by George Grote published in 1856. For works
Why Babylon Fell
Vast walls and deep ditches are an inestimable aid to a brave and well-commanded garrison; but they cannot be made entirely to supply the want of
Persia Versus Babylonia
Those who recollect the description of Babylon and its surrounding territory, will not be surprised to learn that the capture of it gave the Persian