Pax Romana Art

The Second Punic War

The western Mediterranean · 218–216 BC

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Framed print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included

Hanging print

  • 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
  • Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
  • Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
  • Shatterproof plexiglass
  • Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
  • Sizes: 16x12″ · 24x18″ · 32x24″ · 40x30″
  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Medium: Fine art paper
  • Style: Map
  • Era: Punic Wars
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The Second Punic War: an illustration of Hannibal's route from New Carthage over the Alps to Cannae, with Roman lands in red and Carthage's in purple
The Second Punic War218 BC
The western Mediterranean · 218–216 BC

Hannibal's Road to Cannae

In spring 218 BC Hannibal Barca led his army north from New Carthage, the city his family had founded on the coast of Spain. Polybius says he crossed the Pyrenees with about 50,000 infantry and 9,000 cavalry, along with his war elephants. He crossed the Rhône and then the Alps late in the year, losing men to cold, rockfalls and attacks by mountain tribes. Polybius puts the army that came down into Italy at 20,000 infantry and no more than 6,000 cavalry.

In Italy he beat the Romans at the Trebia in December 218 BC and destroyed a consular army in an ambush at Lake Trasimene in 217 BC. At Cannae in Apulia, in August 216 BC, he surrounded a far larger Roman army and cut it to pieces; ancient writers put the Roman dead at between about 50,000 and 70,000. Yet Rome would not make peace. Publius Cornelius Scipio took New Carthage in 209 BC, drove Carthage out of Spain, and defeated Hannibal himself at Zama in North Africa in 202 BC.

The piece

The map lays the campaign out like a general's briefing. The red of Rome and the purple of Carthage face each other across the sea, while Hannibal's line goes the long way round by land. It climbs into the gray hatching of the Alps, passes the little elephant, then turns down the length of Italy to the last crossed swords at Cannae.

Materia · The materials

Fine art paper, framed or hung.

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Pine frame

Black, dark wood or natural wood, FSC-certified. Framed prints arrive framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included.

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Fine art paper

Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.

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Shatterproof plexiglass

Protects the print in transit and on the wall.

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Magnetic wooden hanger

Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.

Size guide

Find the right size

This piece, to scale, above an 84-inch sofa. Pick a size, or a format and frame above, and the wall follows.

The Second Punic War: an illustration of Hannibal's route from New Carthage over the Alps to Cannae, with Roman lands in red and Carthage's in purple
Sofa · 84″ / 213 cm

Which size?

Sizes are the artwork's. Frames and hangers add a little around the edge.

Above a sofa or bed, art looks best at about two-thirds of the furniture's width, hung 8 to 10 inches above it.