Naslov
Hannibal's Elephants and the Liburnians.

Autori
Bulić, Nada ; Glavan, Maria Mariola ; Nečas-Hraste, Daniel

Izvornik
Tabula : časopis Filozofskog fakulteta u Puli (1331-7830) 1 (2020), 17; 45-64

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Hannibal, Liburnia, Livy, Polybius, Second Punic War, provisions, elephants

Sažetak
The Second Punic War is a relatively well-known episode from Roman history. Reliable, detailed ancient sources such as Livy and Polybius, however, don’t say much on the topic of Hannibal’s provisions. The authors of this paper believe that Hannibal’s path to Cannae was part of a premeditated military plan, according to which the Carthaginian army needed to pick up supplies near Cannae, with the Liburnians playing an important role. Facts supporting this theory are examined in the paper, with a close examination of the two most important literary sources on the topic, Livy and Polybius, reexamined in the light of recent archaeological findings from the Liburnian region.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Povijest

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