Hannibal: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hannibal, credited to George Philip Baker, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Hannibal by George Philip Baker. Read in English by Mark Harrington. George P. Baker, popular British historian of the 1920s and 30s, covers the life and career of ancient Rome's most formidable opponent, Hannibal of Carthage. Beginning with an overview of the rise of Carthage and Rome's first conflict with that power, he describes Hannibal's life and his campaign in the Second Punic War. After crossing the Alps and invading Italy from the north, Hannibal masterminded several massive victories on the Italian peninsula which came close to crippling Rome. Through the foresight and skills of Quintus Fabius Maximus, and later Publius Scipio, Hannibal and Carthage were forced to capitulate after the Battle of Zama in northern Africa. The Second Punic War helped push Rome from a small city in central Italy to world power controling much of the Mediterranean. The book follows Hannibal through his death in Bithynia c. 181 BC. - Summary by Mark Harrington

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hannibal
• Author credits: George Philip Baker
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 10:11:19

Catalogue topics

• military history
• Carthage
• ancient Rome
• hannibal
• second punic war
• 247 bc - 181 bc
• quintus fabius maximus cunctator
• publius scipio africanus

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 9:37
2. 01 - I Prelude to Struggle — 54:34
3. 02 - II The Protagonists Enter the Arena — 49:21
4. 03 - III The Crossing of the Alps — 48:58
5. 04 - IV The Entry into Italy — 32:57
6. 05 - V Quintus Fabius and the Aristocratic Dictatorship — 38:47
7. 06 - VI Varro, and the Policy of the Populares — 43:35
8. 07 - VII The Morrow of Cannae — 43:57
9. 08 - VIII Syracuse — 42:39
10. 09 - IX The Vortex — 47:12
11. 10 - X The Crisis — 48:19
12. 11 - XI Publius Scipio and the Struggle in Africa — 54:33
13. 12 - XII Antiochus Megas: and the Struggle in Asia — 54:34
14. 13 - XIII Last News about Hannibal — 42:16

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