In this work, the author claims that Publius Cornelius Scipio, the future Africanus, was a victim of the Roman Senate, presided by the famous Fabius Cunctator, who opposed Scipio and his plan to take his army to North Africa. Scipio claimed that the only way to defeat Hannibal was to invade North Africa and threat Carthage to the point that this North African power would recall Hannibal for her defense. He argued that the very presence of Hannibal...