Da Livio a Machiavelli. Annibale e Scipione in "Principe", XVII by Jean-Jacques Marchand

“…In the classical tradition (and especially in Livy’s work), Hannibal and Scipio are described as two generals who have confronted each other in a titanic struggle with alternate fortunes for the control of the Mediterranean. …”
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Narrative explanation and the Roman military character by Hammond, C, C. B. Hammond

“…</p> <p><em>IV (ii)</em>: Continues with analysis of selected episodes, where particular tensions towards the end of the second Punic war condition and complicate narrative explanation: includes a view of the characterisation of Hannibal and Scipio.</p> <p><em>V</em> A brief summary of the conclusions of the argument, and of its possible consequences and implications in a wider historiographical context.…”