# A greater than Napoleon

Author: Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir, 1895-1970

Genre: Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C.

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77699

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+greater+than+Napoleon+Liddell+Hart&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Publius Cornelius Scipio was born at Rome in the 517th year from the city’s foundation—235 B.C. Though a member of one of the most illustrious and ancient families, the Cornelii, of his early years and education no record, not even an anecdote, has come down to us. Indeed, not until he is chosen, through a combination of circumstances and his own initiative, to command the army in Spain at the age of twenty-four, does history give us more than an occasional fleeting glimpse of his progress. Yet bare and brief as these are, each is significant. The first is at the battle of the Ticinus, Hannibal’s initial encounter with the Roman arms on Italian soil, after his famous passage of the Alps....

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-greater-than-napoleon-77699/chapters/15/index.md)