23 years passed between the first and second Punic Wars.

Never before have such powerful and well-armed opponents clashed on the battlefields. Military fortune was so changeable that more than once future victors found themselves on the verge of death.

The book tells about the Second Punic War, which the Carthaginians, under the leadership of the great commander Hannibal, waged against the Roman people.

This book was read by many generations of young men and teenagers; it was the favorite reading of the boy Alexander Suvorov, who later followed the path of Hannibal - he led Russian regiments through the Alps. This book will revive the lines of a history textbook of the ancient world and bring the long-past past closer to you.