Book contents
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Reviews
- Frontispiece
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Notes for the Reader
- Additional material
- Additional material
- Timeline
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Hannibal and Scipio on Themselves
- Chapter 2 Origins
- Chapter 3 Hannibal Victorious, 221–216
- Chapter 4 Scipio 216–205
- Chapter 5 Hannibal Frustrated in Italy, 216–208
- Chapter 6 Overseas Commands
- Chapter 7 Politics and Factions at Carthage and Rome
- Chapter 8 The Tipping Point
- Chapter 9 Hannibal and Scipio Meet and Fight at Last
- Chapter 10 The Religion of Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 11 Scipio Triumphant, 202–193
- Chapter 12 Hannibal as Political Reformer at Carthage, 196
- Chapter 13 Hannibal, Scipio, and the Greek World
- Chapter 14 Hannibal Flees to Antiochus III; His Intrigues; 195–193
- Chapter 15 Hannibal and Scipio as Military Advisers in the Late 190s: The Road to Magnesia, 190
- Chapter 16 Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 17 Hannibal’s Years of Wandering, 190–183
- Chapter 18 The Downfall and Death of Scipio, 187–183
- Chapter 19 Afterlives
- Chapter 20 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Chapter 17 - Hannibal’s Years of Wandering, 190–183
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2024
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Reviews
- Frontispiece
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Notes for the Reader
- Additional material
- Additional material
- Timeline
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Hannibal and Scipio on Themselves
- Chapter 2 Origins
- Chapter 3 Hannibal Victorious, 221–216
- Chapter 4 Scipio 216–205
- Chapter 5 Hannibal Frustrated in Italy, 216–208
- Chapter 6 Overseas Commands
- Chapter 7 Politics and Factions at Carthage and Rome
- Chapter 8 The Tipping Point
- Chapter 9 Hannibal and Scipio Meet and Fight at Last
- Chapter 10 The Religion of Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 11 Scipio Triumphant, 202–193
- Chapter 12 Hannibal as Political Reformer at Carthage, 196
- Chapter 13 Hannibal, Scipio, and the Greek World
- Chapter 14 Hannibal Flees to Antiochus III; His Intrigues; 195–193
- Chapter 15 Hannibal and Scipio as Military Advisers in the Late 190s: The Road to Magnesia, 190
- Chapter 16 Hannibal and Scipio
- Chapter 17 Hannibal’s Years of Wandering, 190–183
- Chapter 18 The Downfall and Death of Scipio, 187–183
- Chapter 19 Afterlives
- Chapter 20 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
The Apamea peace conference after Magnesia included Roman demands for Hannibal’s extradition; he forestalled this by going on his travels again. These are poorly documented. A Cretan visit is probably historical but hard to explain. It was unconnected with attested contemporary Roman official visits. A Polybius fragment may allude to a financial ploy by which he kept his savings intact. He moved to Armenia, where inscriptions attest familiarity with Greek poetry; his stay is attested mainly by Plutarch’s Lucullus. He helped King Artaxias to found Artaxata, but moved on again, for reasons unknown. His next choice, King Prusias’ Bithynia, is puzzling (closer to Italy), but Prusias was at war with Rome’s friend Eumenes of Pergamum. Hannibal won a sea battle for Prusias, but weird details are suspect. Here too he helped a king found a city: Prusa. But Prusias succumbed to Roman vindictiveness and Hannibal took poison. His tomb site is unknown.
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- Hannibal and ScipioParallel Lives, pp. 369 - 383Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024