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Excerpt from Extracts From Livy, Vol. 2: Edited With English Notes and Maps; Hannibal's Campaign in Italy But it is not only the distance of ages which lends this grand enchanting simplicity to the second Punic War; the forces called into play, the stage, the number of characters employed in the drama of ancient warfare. Have an unity about them which of necessity helps to concentrate our interest. If Hannibal's great effort had been spread over Europe like Napoleon's; if Rome and Carthage had met as rarely single-handed on the same element as France and England; if, besides the one great general, we had had to follow the fortunes of a Massena and a Murat, a Lannes and a Desaix, or to estimate the comparative shares which a Moltke and a Bismarck had in bringing on the situation; the story of Hannibal would not be what it is. It might have had a different sequel, but Hannibal would not stand out as he does. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.