CLST 201 Lecture 4: CLST201 Week 4.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 201
• Professor: Bernard Kavanagh

Document Summary

Hannibal understood rome could not be fully conquered because of its walls: goes into samnite country camps around cannae in 217. After the dictatorship with fabius maximus they decided not to engage. Decided to disrupt hannibal"s supply lines: people in rome were unhappy because they thought maximus was delaying the victory. Battle of cannae: 216 bc, pincer movement. This battle confirmed the wisdom of the quintice fabius maximus. Cuntator: cartheginian 35000 infantry and 10000 cavalry, livy roman 48000 infantry and 6000 cavalry, casualties approx. 50000 (important survivor p. cornelius scipio, junior: polybius roman 80000 infantry and 6000 cavalry, casualties approx 70000, defection of capua and syracuse the alliance with philip v of macedonia. Decided to support hannibal: theatre of spain gnaeus and publius scipio (senior) versus hasdrubal, mago, saguntum captured 212 bc but both brothers scripio killed in 211 bc. He got quite a few people to come with him: masinissa, numidian prince, becomes his ally.