Punic Wars

The Siege of Syracuse

By John E. Spindler

From the deck of a quinquereme, one of 60 in his invasion fleet, Roman Consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus surveyed Syracuse’s Little Harbor on the coast of Sicily. Read more

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Hannibal and the Second Punic War

By Jonas L. Goldstein, LCDR, USN (Ret.)

The Carthaginian hero Hannibal Barca has long been considered to have possessed one of history’s greatest military minds. Read more

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The Siege of Carthage: Death of an Empire

By David A. Norris

According to legend, Carthage was founded by Dido, daughter of the king of the Phoenician city of Tyre. Read more

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The Betrayal of Viriathus of Spain

By Ludwig Heinrich Dyck

In 150 BC a young shepherd wandered down from the hills to surrender with others of his kind to the Romans. Read more

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Spartacus: Freedom by the Sword

By Eric Niderost

In the spring of 73 bc, Thracian gladiator Spartacus decided that the time was right to attempt an escape. Read more

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Slaughter at the Battle of Cannae

By Christopher Miskimon

Long ranks of Carthaginian infantry stood on a dusty plain a few miles east of the ruined town of Cannae on August 2, 216 bc. Read more

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Roman Army Pluck at the Battle of Pydna

By Tim Miller

What began as a polite truce between armies that allowed each to draw water from the same river turned into the battle that would give Greece to Rome. Read more

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Scipio and the Spanish Campaign

By Marc G. Desantis

The early years of Rome’s second war with Carthage were some of the darkest the Republic had ever known. Read more