Political and social history, chronicle of military affairs.

Includes index.

List of maps -- Introduction -- Translator's note -- Book I: Introduction; the First Punic War -- Book II: Affairs in Spain; The Romans in Illyria; Affairs in Spain; Rome and the Gauls; Affairs in Spain; Events in Greece: the Achaean League -- Book III: Introduction; the Second Punic War; The Second Illyrian War; The Second Punic War; the Second Illyrian War: the Second Punic War -- Book IV: Affairs in Greece: Civil war in Cynaetha; Byzantium and the Black Sea -- Book V: Affairs in Egypt: the death of Cleomenes; Affairs in Greece: Philip and the Greeks -- Book VI: From the preface; On the forms of states; On the Roman constitution and its prime; The Roman military system; the Roman Republic compared with others; Conclusion -- Book VII: Affairs in Sicily; Affairs in Greece: The treaty between Hannibal and Philip of Macedon, The character of Philip -- Book VIII: in Sicily: The siege of Syracuse; Affairs in Greece: Philip of Macedon; Affairs in Italy: The siege of Tarentum. -- Book IX: Introduction; Affairs in Italy: The siege of Capua; On generalship; The character of Hannibal -- Book X: The character of Scipio; Affairs in Spain: The capture of New Carthage, Scipio and the Spaniards.