Before the Punic Wars, as Rome and Carthage edged towards conflict in the third century BC, the balance of power in the ...

A small, 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered at an ancient, fortified settlement in southern Spain may be the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by the legendary ...

The classical education guru Andrew Kern, head of the Circe Institute, writes on Facebook: I have heard people compare the US to Rome since I was a child, and no wonder since our founders rather ...

An elephant bone discovered in Spain may date to the time of Hannibal's battles against the Romans.

Carthage began as a Phoenician trading outpost and grew into a Mediterranean empire that challenged Rome itself. This chapter follows Phoenician expansion, navigation, and colonization, before tracing ...

The ancient Greek essayist Plutarch used “parallel lives” to describe his collection of biographical sketches, in which he paired illustrious Greeks with Romans who lived, in most cases, centuries ...

A Roman battering ram found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea was used during an epic battle that unfolded more than 2,200 years ago. Researchers used a deepwater submarine to recover the large ...

Barnsley, Eng.: Pen & Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2024. Pp. x, 225+. Illus., maps, gloss, notes, biblio., index. £14.99/$24.95 paper. ISBN:1399078623 The ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War is a new and innovative turn-based strategy game ...