Hannibal
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The blurb: Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford University, speaks. Hannibal, a Carthaginian commander who lived ca. 200 BCE, is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His use of the environment in his warfare against Rome in the Second Punic War—often called the Hannibalic War—set precedents in military history, utilizing nature and weather conditions…
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Interesting item from Fresco di Web. The quickie version is thus: Back in 2004/5 they found anomalies associated with a high metal concentration in a certain area along Lake Trasimeno. In terms of depth, apparently, it corresponds roughly with two millennia ago and so is thought to perhaps be remains of the Roman debacle there…
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This one’s interesting inasmuch as I’ve never seen this work before. The intro to a piece in Lebananon’s Daily Star: Auction house Christie’s will offer an unconventional painting by French classical artist Nicolas Poussin, depicting Carthaginian general Hannibal astride an elephant, in July, expecting it to fetch 3-5 million pounds ($4.5-7.5 million). The early work…
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias 546 B.C. — death of Thales of Miletus (source?) 217 B.C. — Hannibal deals the Romans a major defeat at Lake Trasimene
rogue classicism 