Inhumana crudelitas wodza Hannibala

• Authors: Miron Wolny

Title variants

EN

Hannibal's Inhumana Crudelitas

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article analyses inhuman cruelty as an element of the public image asserted by Hannibal, the Carthaginian commander. The author examines whether this negative depiction resulted from Hannibal's actual behaviour during the war (218-201 B.C.) or whether the assertions of Hannibal's inhuman cruelty were the work of Roman historians who were no strangers to manipulation of fact, elimination of inconvenient information and complete fabrication for the needs of propaganda. The author concludes that although Hannibal's actions had pragmatic goals, the Punic commander accumulated all the negative traits of the Carthaginians, including their inhuman cruelty (inhumana crudelitas).

Keywords

PL

Kartagina; historiografia rzymska; Hannibal; druga wojna punicka; nieludzkie okrucieństwo

EN

Carthage; Roman Historiography; Hannibal; The Second Punic War; Inhuman Cruelty

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Echa Przeszłości
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 7-18

Contributors

author

Miron Wolny

• Instytut Historii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie