Treatise on Hannibal''s Passage of the Alps - In Which His Route Is Traced Over the Little Mont Cenis

A vigorous scholarly dispute arose with the publication of this book by classicist Robert Ellis in 1853.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Polybius' narrative of Hannibal's march; 3. Discussion of the narrative of Polybius; 4. Discussion of the narrative of Polybius (cont.); 5. Discussion of Polybius' narrative of the events which took place at the summit of the pass; 6. Improbability of Hannibal's having crossed the Alps by the Great or Little St Bernard; 7. The route of the Mont Cenis; 8. The route of the Mont Cenis (cont.); 9. Livy's narrative of Hannibal's passage of the Alps; 10. Examination of objections brought against the Mont Cenis; 11. Antiquity of the pass of the Mont Cenis; Appendix.

About the author

Robert Ellis is Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford, and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion in the University of Oxford. He is the author of Answering God: Towards a Theology of Intercession.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Ellis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108075770
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07577-0
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE