. Rome and Carthage, the Punic wars; . reatness, benamed without injustice in the same breath with Napo-leon, and Napoleon alone. CHAPTER IX. second punic war. (b. c. 218-201.) passage of the rhone and the alps. B. C. 218. There was still a brief interval of preparation before therival nations could meet in battle array, and Hannibal utilized it to the utmost. He took measureso/Hannibal^ ^°^ ^^ Safety of Spain during his absence by garrisoning it with 15,000 trusty Lybians,while Lybia he garrisoned with as many trusty Spaniards,thus making, in a certain sense, each country a securityfor the go
. Rome and Carthage, the Punic wars; . reatness, benamed without injustice in the same breath with Napo-leon, and Napoleon alone. CHAPTER IX. second punic war. (b. c. 218-201.) passage of the rhone and the alps. B. C. 218. There was still a brief interval of preparation before therival nations could meet in battle array, and Hannibal utilized it to the utmost. He took measureso/Hannibal^ ^°^ ^^ Safety of Spain during his absence by garrisoning it with 15,000 trusty Lybians,while Lybia he garrisoned with as many trusty Spaniards,thus making, in a certain sense, each country a securityfor the good behaviour of the other. The supreme com-mand in Spain he committed to his younger brother,Hasdrubal, and during the winter friendly messagespassed and repassed between New Carthage and thechieftains of Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul. It is saidthat negotiations were carried on even with Antigonus,king of Macedonia, to arrange for a combined attack onItaly from east and west at once. But was Italy to be reached by land or sea ? The.
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