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Hannibal Makers of History
by Jacob Abbott
Language: en4,580 downloads on Project Gutenberg
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In: Biographies·History - Ancient·History - Warfare
Public-domain ebook sourced from Project Gutenberg #27551.
Public-domain ebook
by Jacob Abbott
Language: en4,580 downloads on Project Gutenberg
Subjects
In: Biographies·History - Ancient·History - Warfare
Public-domain ebook sourced from Project Gutenberg #27551.
The work is a scholarly juvenile history that treats the life and wars of Hannibal as a straight‑forward record rather than a romanticized tale. Its author stresses a strict adherence to contemporary annals, promising that every detail, down to the description of Carthage’s commercial empire, the composition of its armies, and the Roman response, is drawn from the best sources available. The opening chapter sets the stage with a panoramic view of the First Punic War, then moves through a systematic chronology that includes maps, engravings, and vivid explanations of geography, economics, and military organization. The book’s structure, chapter headings, illustrated plates, and a clear progression from early conflicts to the final destruction of Carthage, reflects its intent to educate young readers about the factual sequence of events between 247 B.C. and 182 B.C.
Written in a formal, nineteenth‑century style, the narrative combines exhaustive exposition with a didactic tone that mirrors the era’s school‑room textbooks. Its language is precise, occasionally elaborate, and assumes a reader who appreciates thorough background rather than fast‑paced adventure. Students of ancient history, teachers seeking a reliable reference for the Punic Wars, and younger readers with a serious interest in Roman‑Carthaginian rivalry will find the volume rewarding, while those looking for dramatized storytelling may prefer a more novelistic approach.
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The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical narratives, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it.
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