num_pages: 704
description: Hannibal is often called the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Theodore Dodge retraced this route from Carthage to Italy, paying particular attention to the famous crossing of the Alps, and wrote what remains unequalled as the most comprehensive and readable study of history's greatest general.
language: English
title: Hannibal
titlecomplete: Hannibal
characters: Hamilcar, Scipio Africanus, Gaius Terentius Varro, Gisgo, Quintus Fabius Maximus, Maharbal, Hannibal, Hasdrubal
genres: Biography, War, Nonfiction, Ancient, Ancient History, Classics, Military History, Military Fiction, Africa, History
ratings_count: 940
places: Rome
series: Great Captains
publisher: Da Capo Press