It is a symptom of the deplorable state of intellectual life today that readers of this magazine can guess the lineaments of the story told in Hannibal the instant they read early in its pages that ...

Trace the epic rivalry between Carthage and Rome through all three Punic Wars (264–146 BC), and discover why Rome ultimately emerged victorious. From Hannibal’s brilliant campaigns to Carthage’s naval ...

The cover for Punica: Rome vs Carthage is one of the best I’ve ever seen. You can feel the sting of the wind, hear the steady ...

The ancient Greek essayist Plutarch used “parallel lives” to describe his collection of biographical sketches, in which he paired illustrious Greeks with Romans who lived, in most cases, centuries ...

The Second Punic War is ripe for dramatisation, so it's odd that Hollywood hasn't picked it apart. Maybe it's because the "bad guys" win in the end. Rome initiates yet another war against its old ...

The classical education guru Andrew Kern, head of the Circe Institute, writes on Facebook: I have heard people compare the US to Rome since I was a child, and no wonder since our founders rather ...

A study of Roman coins has shown how the defeat of Hannibal and the Carthaginian empire led to coinage spreading across the Roman Empire from silver mines in Spain. According to historical accounts ...

Total War: Rome 2 developer The Creative Assembly has unveiled and detailed one of the games key factions. The north-African Carthaginian army comes from the trading state Carthage, and with it brings ...

Total War: Rome 2 is out now; here's our Total War: Rome 2 review. Just a hint of elephants; Creative Assembly sure know how to tease us. Even with 10 minutes of gameplay footage, showing off the ...