Puts the battle of Marathon into a comprehensive historical context, explaining what brought the parties to war, the events leading to the battle, what factors made the battle important, and the effects it had on the larger war and later events.
Discusses the battle of Zama in 202 B.C. which pitted the armies of Carthaginian general Hannibal against the Roman armies of Publius Cornelius Scipio, resulting in a victory for Rome that set the stage for that nation's domination of the region for centuries to come.
