Nov 17, 2020 · Polybius tells us that Massinissa arrived with 6,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry (15.5.11-14). As Goldsworthy notes, at least some of the infantry who arrived with Massinissa may have been …

Jan 2, 2023 · That seems to be what Polybius implied. But I recently watched a YouTube video (in french though) in which it was argued things were a bit more complicated. Looking at how things …

Jan 25, 2012 · Mago was given an important task by his brother at Trebia, and during the night before the battle, he set out with 1000 handpicked infantry and 1000 cavalry with the task to conceal himself …

Towards the end of his life (around 160 BC), Laelius met with the Greek historian Polybius, and was responsible for providing much of the background and information that Polybius used to compile and …

Jul 12, 2024 · Battle of Magnesia, Near Roman Disaster? I recently read an interesting article by historian Ilkka Syvänne on the Battle of Magnesia. Syvänne presents the battle as a "near disaster" …

May 30, 2021 · For everyone's convenience, the sources on numbers Polybius and Livy both give a figure of 40 000 infantry and 10 000 cavalry for the Carthaginians For the Romans Polybius implies …

Polybius ? Histories ? Book*3 Track down 3.33 here - It gives you what Polybius discovered on the tablet. It deals with troop numbers and Hannibal's organization before leaving New Carthage for Italy. …

Mar 19, 2023 · So there he is clearly talking about pederastic homosexuality in which the active partner is at fault. Another bad translation, along with the other quote form Polybius, Cicero, and Tacitus?

Jan 24, 2025 · AndI don't agree with Polybius that Hannibal won largely because of cavalry (that's Roman apologetics). It was obviously important to the tactics he utilized, but it was how he combined …

Dec 22, 2011 · Polybius tells us that the way the currents favored the harbor was the chief reason that the site was chosen, driving schools of tunny fish away from Chalkedon, to Byzantion.