Nov 17, 2020 · 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 …

Towards the end of his life (around 160 BC), Laelius met with the Greek historian Polybius, and was responsible for providing much of the background and information that Polybius used to compile and …

Jan 25, 2012 · 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 …

Jul 12, 2024 · Battle of Magnesia, Near Roman Disaster? I recently read an interesting article by historian Ilkka Syvänne on the Battle of Magnesia. Syvänne presents the battle as a "near disaster" …

Polybius wrote that some or all of the African Elephants of Ptolemy at the Battle of Raphia were frightened by the size and smell of the Seleucid Asian Elephants, which has caused a lot of …

Jul 5, 2022 · I recently read the following 2018 article by Michael Charles, Project MUSE - The Elephants of Aksum: In Search of the Bush Elephant in Late Antiquity, which is a fascinating …

Aug 25, 2025 · Superfluous to emphasize (but I will), the aspect of Persian history we are discussing - whether Achaemenid (550–330 BCE) or Sassanid (224–651 CE) - lacks the detailed, self-authored …

May 30, 2021 · For everyone's convenience, the sources on numbers Polybius and Livy both give a figure of 40 000 infantry and 10 000 cavalry for the Carthaginians For the Romans Polybius implies …

Mar 19, 2023 · So there he is clearly talking about pederastic homosexuality in which the active partner is at fault. Another bad translation, along with the other quote form Polybius, Cicero, and Tacitus?

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