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Multiple quotes from Livy describing Hannibal's campaigns, including the use of fire and vinegar to break through rock in the Alps. Livy is used as a primary historical source throughout the discussion.

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Quoted directly regarding Hannibal's visit to Gades to make vows to Hercules, and referenced as a Roman historian who wrote about Hannibal's dream. Described as the 'exemplar' of Roman historians.

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Referenced as 'Livy, the Roman historian' in connection with a counterfactual piece Tom wrote about what would have happened if Alexander had invaded Italy.

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Explicitly mentioned as containing a description of Lucius Aemilius Paulus's tour around Greece after the Battle of Pydna, including the observation that sites can be 'more impressive by report than they prove to be when actually seen'