Maharbal's bon mot
Authenticity and survival
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9667256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dexter Hoyos (The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 610-614 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cq/50.2.610-a |
| OpenAlex | W1989258378 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Did the Carthaginian cavalry general Maharbal really urge Hannibal to march on Rome after Cannae, and then comment bitterly Vincere sets, Hannibal; victoria uti nescis , when his leader refused? There are two main objections: Maharbal may not have been there, and anyway Cannae was too far away to justify such a march. The whole story has been seen as one of those well-known Roman historiographical inventions. But there may well be more to the story than that, illuminating both Hannibalic history and some Roman historiographical techniques
Archaeology · Art · Historiography · Literature · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |