Hannibal: Enemy of Rome

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Summary: Hannibal Review eh!
Review: Hannibal Enemy of Rome is kind of a so-so book. At one perspective, it is an extremely boring book. The information is presented closely to that of a history textbook. It can be very dull and hard to get into, and it takes a while of reading it to get to the exciting things like battles. Hannibal can be a little hard for some to follow because it sort of skips around alot. It will be telling you about Hannibal's battle plans and you will be almost getting into it, and then the book will switch you to a long quote from some Roman guy that will completely destroy the intrest you just had.
On the other hand, some parts of the book are pretty good. The battles, for example, can catch your interest pretty quickly. You would be amazed at how much information this book contains on Hannibal and his strategies. You will also learn about how he used elephants in battle, which is truly amazing, though the book doesnt go into a heck of a lot of detail on them. Hannibal's journey is long and hard, with a few catching points, but overall, I would only recommend this book to someone who really wants to read about Hannibal or his journey. For someone craving action, this book isnt terrible, but you can get better.

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Summary: Hannibal: Enemy of Rome
Review: Have you ever had someone try to explain something, and you don't understand it? Well, in the book, Hannibal: Enemy of Rome, has a very similar situation. The book sort of gives you two different stories.
The author goes through the same adventure as Hannibal when he was a live. That can make the story very confusing because you have a mind set of reading about Hannibal instead of reading what the author went through. The book was very interesting when I read about what Hannibal and his men went through during the war. Also, the author uses very difficult vocabulary, and was very difficult for me because vocabulary is not my strong suit.
Over all, the book wouldn't have been that bad if the author didn't write some much about what he went through. I think that if he wrote my about Hannibal that there be more interest in the reading the book. In my opinion, Hannibal would have been an awesome book, if it followed the title.

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Summary: Interesting book
Review: Do you hate reading long, boring books for school? Well if you said yes, you're not alone. That is what I thought I was doing when I started Hannibal-The enemy of Rome. The journey of Hannibal through the Alps was very well depicted. This book showed that Hannibal was an extremely brilliant general and strategist.
The most vibrant sceen in the book was when Hannibal made one of his most strategic moves of his military career. He was steaked out at a nearby Roman village. Fabius "the delayer" had his Roman army spying on Hannibal's movements. Hannibal left the village with his main army and left a troop behind to ambush the Romans. One night Hannibal's men sent cows with torches tied to them up a nearby mountain. Fabius ordered his men to trap Hannibal up on the mountain (cattle with torches tied on back). The Romans charged up the mountain after the cows. When they got up on the mountain, Hannibal's men ambushed the Romans. This military strategy led me to believe that Hannibal was the most brilliant general ever.
I would recommend this book to any person looking to read a concise book about Hannibal. It is very well written and packed with information. It started very slow but ended up being a good book. It might be hard for some people to read because it has a bunch of difficult names and places to pronounce and remember. If you are looking for a good book to read, then Hannibal is an excellent choice.

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Summary: Solid 5 stars
Review: An incredibly well written book by an author who traveled and folled the paths of the great Hannibal who was only surpassed by one other general, the invincible and even greater Alexander! This book flows very well and engages the reader unlike so many other equally factual but "dry" accounts of history. What becomes very clear is the fact that Hannibal's success was based on his perfect reading of the the psyche of his enemy commanders. "Know thy enemy" must have been invented by Hannibal because he exploited that knowledge to the point where each pitched battle was tailormade for each confronting Roman general. But was goes around comes around - and as we know Hannibal was in the end defeated by a Roman general who was not only equally meticulous in preparing for his battles but spent his entire career studiying Hannibal's tactics which he then successfully employed in the final showdown with Rome's enemy #1. This man of course was Publius Cornelius Scipio, the son of the Roman general Scipio who led Hannibal's first encounter on Roman soil. Young Scipio fought in this battle some 15 years earlier. Wonderful reading and a very great effort by the author who succeeded splendidly in presenting one of the greatest generals in all time history.

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Summary: Hannibal Enemy of Rome
Review: Hannibal Enemy of Rome was an excellent book. This book was so detailed, and so full of information that you can not absorb it all in one read. Leonard Cottrell takes you back and puts you right next to Hannibal in every stride and conflict. Cottrell showed me many things about Hannibal. He showed me who he was, what his stratagies were, and more backround information about Hannibal. This book clearly showed that Cottrell knew his stuff when it came to Hannibal.

While reading the book Hannibal Enemy of Rome I concluded many things. First, the most important who Hannibal was, Hannibal was a general who led the Carthaginians(and some elephants) through thier battles with rome. What happend in the most famous battle of Canae where Hannibal was able to come on top event though he only had 50,000 men and rome had 86,000. That was only a few of the many things I learned from this book.

In conclusion, I gave the book 4 stars for many reasons. First, being the great detail with maps and pictures. Second for all the information and facts I learned. Third, I gave the book one star short of perfection because of how hard it was for me being a ninth grader to understand and I think that this book is more toward an older crowd. In conclusion the book Hannibal the Enemy of Rome was very informational.

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Summary: Hannibal-What I Thought
Review: Hannibal Enemy of Rome...I thought it was hard to get into and rather dull. I don't like biographys on people and this was just dull. Hannibal, was an amazing strategist. He cam up with some very simple but sufficent plans. My favorite was when Hannibal attached some torches to his cattle and sent them up the mountain. He's enemies followed the cattle and Hannibal and his men followed his opponents and killed them. Over all I would rate this book 3 out of 5.

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Summary: Hannibal
Review: Hannibal was a great war general. Cottrel makes this clear as you read along in this book. I have read many biographies and books telling about the life of people of the past and never really liked any of them. Although I didn't think too much of the book, it was actually one of the best biographies I've read. It gives recounts from historians as Hannibal and his army move along through the Alps into Italy.
One part that caught my attention was when Hannibal and his army were on a trail in the Alps and they were faced with a giant boulder. He didn't let it stop him. He used his genious and came up with the idea to build a massive fire around it and poured vinegar on it then clubbed it to break it down. Not many back then could have thought of that.
Once again, I don't think it's the best book, but if you're into history and war stories and stuff like that, this is an excellent book. The battle scenes are really good. While elephants and some troops would attack the front, other troops would attack the sides and back. Cottrel makes it clear that Hannibal knows his stuff about war.


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Summary: Hannibal; Enemy Of Rome
Review: I think that Leonard Cottrell does a very well job of depicting Hannibal's march on Rome, with 90,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and 37 elephants. I also loved reading about Cottrell's opinion and what his thoughts of the battles were. I loved how he described Hannibal's strategies, tactics, and especially Hannibal's traps. The traps Hannibal set for the Romans were amazing. He showed that Hannibal was witty. My favorite part was when Cottrell was depicting the battle of Cannae. He did a real job of depicting the scene like he had first hand experience. It really gave me and idea when Cottrell would compare the battle with previous American wars, or when he compared the Cannae battle field to Central park with 70,000 dead Roman soldiers in it. So in my opinion, I would recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: Hannibal- The words of a skeptic.
Review: I will first state that this was not my favorite book, but it will be put on my bookshelf along with The Lord of The Rings, David Copperfield, and National Velvet. When I first started reading this book I found myself hating it with a passion. To me it became a waste of time, but it was inevitable. I had to read it. I couldn't get past the fact that he would quote other people in his book. I think it's wonderful that he knew who the reliable sources were, and it proved that he certainly knew what he was talking about, but it bothered me. If I had wanted to read the books by Polibus or Livy, I would have. Then to top everything off, he started comparing what the scenery looks like now, to what it looked like when Hannibal was alive. I'm sure this is great for some people, but I'm in the ninth grade and don't need all the nitty gritty, unimportant details. Then he had to set the stage for the reason Hannibal did what he did. It definitely is an important point, otherwise I would have felt no sympathy for the guy what so ever, no matter how brilliant he was. The problem is that setting the stage in any book is tedious, but Cottrell didn't start to do so, until I was ready to throw the book in the paper shrewder, and find something worth my time, but then he described the first battle. They were in the Alps, and the rocks started falling, the Gauls started attacking, and I was hooked. It was great, you felt the chaos of being in a battle, but you also got to see how everything was strategically placed. I began to think that maybe this would finally start to get good, and it met my expectations. Then it got to the battle of Trebbia. It by far exceeded my expectations. You almost think that it's fantasy the way he read Hannibal read his enemy's minds. My point is, if you are forced to read this book for school, give it time and you will probably enjoy it, but if you're a horse-lover like me, just try not to think about all the horses that died.

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Summary: Hannibal: Enemy of Rome
Review: If you likes books that are packed with information about generals and battles. Then this is the book for you Hannibal Enemy of Rome is a very good book, but hard to read because of all the names and places. This book is good because of how Cottrell described the battle scenes between Hannibal and the Romans. The author really wanted to let you know how Hannibal was an excellent strategist. One of my favorite parts in the book is where the Romans are spying on Hannibal. Hannibal leaves some of his men behind to ambush the Romans. His men send cattle up the mountain with torches tied to them. The Romans follow the cattle up the mountain thinking that it is hannibal and his men. When the Romans get to the top of the mountain there are ambushed by Hannibals men. There are many more exciting parts in this book and I would recomend it to any one who wants to read a good book.