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  1. 10-12-2005, 19:53 #8
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    Default Re: Carthage

    The War with Hannibal" by: Livy.

    Penguin Classics.


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    Hannibal, son of a general who did very well in the first Punic War, decided to cross the Ebro and lay siege to Seguntum, a city allied to the Romans.


    I think some others have stated this before, but it was closer to New Carthage then to the Ebro.

    Yes , Saguntum was "below" the Ebro , but Livy is right ! How ? He said "decided to cross the Ebro..." (that is one thing , and the second is...) "...and lay siege to Saguntum" . For example , one can say :he invaded Scotland and took Berlin" - there is no contradiction here , it is simply 2 different things .
    I think we should look for a translator here , you really can look at it that way or the other . What do you think ?
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