Polybius tells us that Massinissa arrived with 6,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry (15.5.11-14). As Goldsworthy notes, at least some of the infantry who arrived with Massinissa may have been the …

Oct 11, 2025 · 2.Polybius, the three spies and the forgotten battle of Zama (March 2021). In this paper I discuss some plausible links in the historiography of the three spies` stories and attempt to identify …

Jan 23, 2024 · Madison’s well-known attempt to justify a large republic was in response to Machiavelli’s and Montesquieu’s contention that large republics were unstable and highly susceptible to …

Mago was given an important task by his brother at Trebia, and during the night before the battle, he set out with 1000 handpicked infantry and 1000 cavalry with the task to conceal himself within a …

May 30, 2021 · For the Romans Polybius implies 16 legions [1] (8 Roman plus 8 allied) totaling 80 000 infantry and over 6 000 cavalry. Livy [2] has the good grace to admit he does not know and that there …

Dec 3, 2019 · Gabriel discounts Polybius' 102,000 men due to logistical constraints estimating Hannibal's army at "40,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, a much more manageable size in terms of …

Polybius, for example, lived and worked under the patronage of the Scipionic Circle. An aging Gaius Laelius, probably full of chutzpah, may well have told Polybius something like, “we defeated Hannibal …

The book I remember best from my younger days was Was Pierre Closterman's on the WW2 air war (not his "Le Grand Cirque" - which I also read many times). It was there I first learnt about the fighting …

Jan 25, 2011 · Polybius ? Histories ? Book*3 Track down 3.33 here - It gives you what Polybius discovered on the tablet. It deals with troop numbers and Hannibal's organization before leaving New …

Polybius, the ancient Greek historian, talks about this cycle of government in Book VI of The Histories. Here's a brief synopsis I borrowed from voices.yahoo.com: Monarchy devolves into tyranny as the …