A Roman senator reflects on his past, where he saved his father from Carthaginian forces. The narrative emphasizes the urgency for Rome to counter Hannibal's threat in Italy by launching an ...

The Roman general Scipio and Carthaginian Hannibal dueled with each other during the last years of the third century B.C., ...

Although not winning all of the battles that followed in Italy, the Romans never gave Hannibal a chance for a decisive victory. Meanwhile, Scipio later famed as Africanus -- secured control of Spain ...