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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Hannibal, by Jacob Abbott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Hannibal Makers of History Author: Jacob Abbott Release Date: December 17, 2008 [EBook #27551] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HANNIBAL *** Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Makers of History Hannibal BY JACOB ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1901 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Copyright, 1876, by JACOB ABBOTT. PREFACE The author of this series has made it his special object to confine himself very strictly, even in the most minute details which he records, to historic truth. The narratives are not tales founded upon history, but history itself, without any embellishment or any deviations from the strict truth, so far as it can now be discovered by an attentive examination of the annals written at the time when the events themselves occurred. In writing the narratives, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best sources of information which this country affords; and though, of course, there must be in these volumes, as in all historical narratives, more or less of imperfection and error, there is no intentional embellishment. Nothing is stated, not even the most minute and apparently imaginary details, without what was deemed good historical authority. The readers, therefore, may rely upon the record as the truth, and nothing but the truth, so far as an honest purpose and a careful examination have been effectual in ascertaining it. CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR 13 II. HANNIBAL AT SAGUNTUM 33 III. OPENING OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR 52 IV. THE PASSAGE OF THE RHONE 69
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