Canadian Journal of History, December 1st, 2004
Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War, by Gregory Daly. London and New York, Routledge, 2002. xviii, 253 pp. $31.95 US (cloth).
Gregory Daly begins with an opening chapter giving a brief summary of the political and military background of the Romans and the Carthaginians. It is a clear discussion setting the situation at the beginning of the Second Punic War. While there is nothing really new here, this chapter is a good summary of the important points and will be useful for those who are not acquainted with the subject. This chapter is somewhat marred because within it a...
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