@BretDevereaux Hi Bret, frequent reader of your blog here, I made a twitter account just to contact you: could you possibly make a (series of) post(s) dedicated to Hannibal Barca and why he didn't destroy Rome? I find the man fascinating and would like your view on the man/matter
I can put it on the list, but it may be a while. In the meantime, for a very complete, rigorous discussion of the war that sticks to what we know from the sources, read J.F. Lazenby, Hannibal's War: A Military History of the Second Punic War (1998)