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The third century before the common era was a time of empire-making and empire-breaking especially in the western Mediterranean, where a conflict was brewing that would shape the future of the known world. |
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 Appian
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Another historian from whom we can extract some extra information, especially with regards to numbers and army sizes, is Appian of Alexandria. Writing in the second century AD, the Greek historian compiled a history of Rome but did so in a different style to most others. He divided his subject into two categories, the first being the major events involving Rome (i.e. the Hannibalic War) and the second being geographical regions (i.e. The History of Spain – Iberike). However, it is his geography that makes students wary of Appian, who apparently thought that the Ebro flows into the Atlantic and also his account of the battle of Cannae “bears little or no resemblance to those of Polybios or Livy, and hardly makes sense in itself” .
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Appian Online (* P. Cornelius Scipio, Dec 9, 2005 - 12:18 )|
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