Hannibal's new offensive in southern Italy - Battle of Tarentum 212 BC - Second Punic War (Part 20)

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In part 20 we continue where we left off after the 2nd Battle of Nola, with Hannibal wintering in Apulia in late 215 BC, and we go up to the Battle of Tarentum in the spring of 212 BC. I won't give any other spoilers!

Special thanks to David Feeney for graciously allowing us to use his paper "Hannibal's Summer campaign of 213 BC". This episode would not have been possible without him. You can find his work here: https://www.academia.edu/41257617/The...

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
Peaks of Atlas - Omri Lahav
EpidemicSound
Filmstro

Sources and citations:
Hannibal's Summer campaign of 213 BC - David Feeney (2019)
Fall of Carthage - Adrian Goldsworthy (2003)
From the Founding of the City - by Livy, translated by Canon Roberts (1905)
The Punic Wars - Nigel Bagnall (2008)
Hannibal - G. P. Baker (1999)
Hannibal's War - John Peddie (2005)
The History of Rome, Livy (2006)
The Rise of the Roman Empire - Polybius (translation by Ian Scott-Kilvert) (1980)
A companion to the Punic Wars - Dexter Hoyos (2015)

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