Second Punic War

Mediterranean at 218 BC

Title: Battle scene during Second Punic war, showing hand-to-hand combat] / I. Lamorlet(?) fec Abstract/medium: 1 print : engraving.

Carthage Tetradrachm Tanit & Horse, with a Serrated Edge. About 200 BC D. = 25 mm. 12.68 g Ag Head of Tanit l. wreathed with corn, wearing a necklace, and a single-drop ear ring./ Horse standing r., left foreleg raised. Beneath between the legs is a Punic letter. Sear 6501.

La colonna, donata dalla città di Roma, in memoria della Battaglia del Trasimeno e posata presso l'incrocio tra Via Annibale Cartaginese e Via del Porto in occasione del convegno internazionale annibalico del 1961. Il luogo venne ritenuto significativo poichè la teoria del Prof. G. Susini identificava in esso un fulcro della mischia.

A classical battle, probably depicting the defeat of Hannibal by Scipio Africanus Major (circa 235-183 B.C.).

L'arrivée en Afrique. Manufacture des Gobelins for Louis XIV 1686-1689. Former royal collections.

Battle of Zama. Manufacture des Gobelins for Louis XIV 1686-1689. Former royal collections.

Signatures: [sig.] A-G H² Library's copy bound with: Lucio Paolo Emilio, consolo. Modena : Eredi di Bartolomeo Soliani, [1755] (94-B18125 c. 2) Subjects: Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C; Festivals

Roman legion at the time of Cannae's battle (216 BC) in Polybius' description - tactic movements

Map illustrating the aftermath of the First Punic War.

PInacoteca Nazionale di Siena. Girolamo Genga, Il figlio di Quinto Fabio Massimo riscatta da Annibale i prigionieri romani, 1508-09