The Day The World Trembled (Paperback)

A riveting tale of the most important few minutes in the history of the world. Rome has been invaded by the redoubtable Hannibal, who has called from Spain a second Carthaginian army under the command of his brother Hasdrubal. Never having been able to beat even one Punic army, Rome, weakened, now faces two powerful armies on Italian soil. A riveting tale of the most important few minutes in the history of the world. Rome has been invaded by the redoubtable Hannibal, at whose hands its heretofore unbeatable armies have been utterly crushed in a series of devastating defeats, each the consequence of Hannibal's superb generalship. Now, Hannibal has called from Spain a second Carthaginian army under the command of his brother Hasdrubal, considered by Rome, with excellent cause, to be every bit as fearful a foe as Hannibal. Never having been able to beat even one Punic army, Rome, weakened, now faces two powerful armies on Italian soil. The fate of Rome, and hence the fate of all future Western civilization, rests on the outcome of the most decisive battle in all human history--The Day The World Trembled.