"According to ancient sources, Hannibal was only nine years old when his father dipped the small boy's hand in blood and made him swear eternal hatred of Rome. Whether the story is true or not, it is just one of hundreds of legends that have appeared over the centuries about thi…
"According to ancient sources, Hannibal was only nine years old when his father dipped the small boy's hand in blood and made him swear eternal hatred of Rome. Whether the story is true or not, it is just one of hundreds of legends that have appeared over the centuries about thi…
"According to ancient sources, Hannibal was only nine years old when his father dipped the small boy's hand in blood and made him swear eternal hatred of Rome. Whether the story is true or not, it is just one of hundreds of legends that have appeared over the centuries about thi…
An unforgettable personal retracing of one of the most extraordinary expeditions of all time, when two great ancient civilizations, and two great armies, clashed. The year is 403 B.C. The Athenian philosopher Xenophon finds himself with an army of Greeks marching to what is now …
An unforgettable personal retracing of one of the most extraordinary expeditions of all time, when two great ancient civilizations, and two great armies, clashed. The year is 403 B.C. The Athenian philosopher Xenophon finds himself with an army of Greeks marching to what is now …
A study of the final years in the life of the great conqueror examines the complex mix of ruthless tyrant and incurable romantic that characterized Alexander the Great and argues that the interplay and conflict between these two forces led to his downfall and early death. Alexan…
A study of the final years in the life of the great conqueror examines the complex mix of ruthless tyrant and incurable romantic that characterized Alexander the Great and argues that the interplay and conflict between these two forces led to his downfall and early death. Alexan…