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On the trail of Hannibal Barca

Edit Toronto Sun 19 Apr 2016
It's been one of the great mysteries in the history of warfare ... Q ... What led to this?. A ... Q. Why is this significant?. A ... Q ... A ... Everything we know comes from (the ancient Greek general and historian) Polybius and the Romans ... And scholars have argued over details of the Punic invasion of Italia, such that obfuscation over the invasion route has led to hashing and rehashing of the sparse details in Polybius' account." ...   ....

Ancient poop may reveal the exact route Hannibal took across the Alps

Edit The Examiner 08 Apr 2016
The general Hannibal is renowned throughout history for his military exploits ... The first ancient text is the third book of World History by Greek historian Polybius of Megalopolis and the second is History of Rome from its Foundation by Titus Livius. Polybius seems to suggest Hannibal took a more northern route, while Livius seems to suggest a more southern route by the way they describe the events ... ....

Hannibal's route through Alps may have been found

Edit CNN 06 Apr 2016
(CNN)Amazing what you can learn from horse manure. In 218 B.C., the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca led an army of more than 30,000 men, 15,000 horses and mules and -- famously -- about 40 elephants northeast through Europe and crossed the Alps to attack the Roman Republic from the north ... Read More ... The UK's Guardian notes that discussion about the route dates to the ancient historians Livy and Polybius ... ....

The 30% solution — when war without end ends: Spengler

Edit Asia Times 13 Mar 2016
[viii] Polybius, Histories Volume II translated by Evelyn S....

Pony Island is the Closest We've Come to a Real Life Polybius

Edit The Escapist 27 Jan 2016
Pony Island is psychological horror done so incredibly right ... ....

Lanigan hoping Polybius can bloom

Edit Sporting Life 13 Nov 2015
David Lanigan's high-class sprinter Polybius returns to the all-weather for Saturday's Unibet Golden Rose Stakes at Lingfield. The four-year-old has enjoyed a fine campaign on turf, beating a strong field in the Listed Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket in the summer before finishing a close-up third in the Group Three Bengough Stakes at Ascot in early October ... Lanigan said ... Jeremy Gask reports stable star Medicean Man to be in fine fettle ... ....

Be Wise to Cheltenham chance

Edit Sporting Life 13 Nov 2015
SATURDAY SELECTIONS.. CHELTENHAM. 12.40 Fingertips, 1.15 Vicente, 1.50 Sego Success, 2.25 BUYWISE (NAP), 3.00 Un Ace, 3.35 Western Way, 4.05 Copper Kay. LINGFIELD. 12.15 Race Day, 12.50 Brasted, 1.25 Fast Sprite, 2.00 The Rectifier, 2.35 Polybius, 3.10 Battalion, 3.45 Zubaidah ... UTTOXETER ... The Unibet Golden Rose Stakes appears a little murkier, but Polybius caught the eye on the turf from August onwards and would be quite a sensible shout ... ....

The 5 Creepiest Game Conspiracy Theories and Urban Legends

Edit Gamespot 31 Oct 2015
Polybius, the killer arcade machine. Possibly the most alluring of all video game urban legends is the story of Polybius, an arcade cabinet apparently built by the US military, or perhaps the CIA, in 1981 ... According to the earliest accounts of the story, only two Polybius machines were ever built, and were installed at separate arcades across Portland, Oregon ... No one has come forward to say they have played Polybius ... He says ... ....

Pompeii restorers dig and scrub against clock as EU funding deadline looms

Edit Yahoo Daily News 25 Oct 2015
By Isla Binnie. POMPEII, Italy (Reuters) - Years of neglect at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii are being dug and scrubbed away in a last-minute bid to keep money flowing from a huge European Union-backed renovation programme ... In 2012, it pledged 78 million euros ($87 million) to finance urgently needed repairs ... TOO MANY SITES ... Earlier this month, heavy rain raised the floor in the house of Roman nobleman Julius Polybius....

SPQR by Mary Beard review – vastly engaging

Edit The Guardian 18 Oct 2015
Beard’s study of the Romans is as scholarly as it is hugely readable. Rome’s earliest history is lost within the mists and myths of time. Even the traditional date of the founding of the city was decided upon many centuries later, by Cicero’s great friend, Atticus. He narrowed things down using a chronological treatise to the third year of the sixth cycle of the Olympic Games. 753BC ... The last word goes to the Greek historian, Polybius ... ....

Value Bet: Back Bayan

Edit Sporting Life 09 Oct 2015
Value Bet Selections. 2pts win Bayan 3.50 Newmarket at 16/1. 1pt e.w Wordiness 3.50 Newmarket at 40/1. 1pt win Golden Steps 3.25 York at 12/1. 1pt win Red Pike 3.25 York at 33/1 ... Yet he should be primed to the minute for this ... You only have to go back to August and a conditions race at Doncaster for his last win - where he beat subsequent winner Polybius (now rated 107) giving him 3lb - so he's no 33/1 chance running off 99 here ... ....

Notebook: Bally marvellous

Edit Sporting Life 07 Oct 2015
There were two runners from the Notebook in action on Paris on Sunday and Ballydoyle (5/4f) came up trumps when winning the Prix Marcel Boussac ... Sign up for our FREE tracker, My Stable and FREE video form. Polybius (9/2) came close to providing the Notebook with another winner at Ascot last week when beaten three parts of a length into third behind Eastern Impact in the Group Three Bengough Stakes ... New Sky Bet customers ... ....

Notebook Update: Bally marvel

Edit Sporting Life 07 Oct 2015
There were two runners from the Notebook in action on Paris on Sunday and Ballydoyle (5/4f) came up trumps when winning the Prix Marcel Boussac ... Sign up for our FREE tracker, My Stable and FREE video form. Polybius (9/2) came close to providing the Notebook with another winner at Ascot last week when beaten three parts of a length into third behind Eastern Impact in the Group Three Bengough Stakes ... New Sky Bet customers ... ....
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