(220 – 216 BCE · Carthage)
The Narrator recaps the first half of the Second Punic War to set the scene for when Mago and Marco brought news of Hannibal’s great victory at Cannae back to Carthage.
Based on Chapter 11 of Middle by Geoff Micks.
The bust of the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca was discovered in the Italian city of Capua in 1667. The Roman era bust was made between the 1st century BC and 4 century AD. It is preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
A 19th Century British engraving of the Battle of Cannae.
I promise not to do this too often, but when I wrote Marco, I was picturing Eli Wallach. This portrait, I hope, will do a nice job of illustrating what I had in mind.
An Iberian falcata. Note the curved blade and the horsehead pommel.
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Credits:
Voice Acting – Geoff Micks
Editing – Geoff Micks
Music – Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay
Additional Music – Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay
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