Hannibal

Awesome for car rides

A series of lectures about how Hannibal crossed the Alps and more importantly, which pass did he use. Also a bit about what led to him do that and how crossing the Alps affected his future battles and his legacy. But most importantly, which pass was it.

This was an interesting series of lectures and included fascinating tales about the excavations and expeditions related to his march, but the title "Hannibal" is very misleading considering the depth other parts of his life are described.

I think this is a great lecture series giving a lot of really interesting information about Hannibal, his father, and the Carthaginians. As someone with an engineering background and little in the way of history, this class fills a critical gap in my personal study of the chronology of western civilization. Much of it I'm sure is pretty basic information, so history experts may find it boring. The professor does make clear where there is disagreement among scholars, especially with respect to ... more

The first couple of lectures have been excellent, but the audio is restricted to the left channel.

This is great. The audio is extremely clear and Patrick Hunt talks slowly so it’s very easy to understand. It’s too bad we can’t see the maps and images he shows to his students and comments but other than that it’s as if we were in the room. The topic is fascinating and Patrick Hunt’s passion for the subject enhances the experience.

Thanks Stanford and Patrick Hunt for sharing this knowledge!

No sound on the right side of the recording. Recoding issues are very distracting.

A very able and articulate summary of Hannibal's impact on history, albeit riven with repetition of the logistics of alpine expeditioning - through that lens however Hunt brings to life greater insights on an instance of East-West competition for the ages.

False Advertising: This course is about Patrick Hunt not about Hannibal. Hannibal provides merely the backdrop, the scenery for what is essentially the Patrick Hunt show.

This series of lectures would have been overpriced at half the price. Yes it is free. It costs nothing monetarily, but it is a colossal waste of time! Patrick Hunt spends so much verbiage speaking about himself that Hannibal is practically lost in the background noise. It is bad enough that Professor Hunt consistently mispron... more

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THE GOOD EPISODES

#1 had interesting information about carthage culture and the god Ba'al.

#6 (aka 8. Hannibal in Italy) - gave details on Hannibals military tactics. Thats the reason he is famous.

If you still want more info... maybe check out #2 and #3. They give semi sort of interesting info about the build up of hostilities between Rome and Carthage.

I would avoid the episodes where they speculate about which pass hannibal took. If you are a professional historian or want to bec... more

Patrick Hunt is fantastic and I would highly recommend this series to anybody studying, or merely interested in Hannibal Barca or Carthage.

There was far too much info about particular expeditions this professor (And his mentor. And a student of his...) has undertaken to understand one particular niche issue - the specific route Hannibal took into Italy over the Alps in nine days. This isn't really that interesting as a substitute for a survey of the history itself. There's also considerable castle building in the sky, with wild speculations being passed off as likely/probable quite frequently.

Muy buena historia...bajen toda la colección

To learn more about the Punic Wars and Phoenicians. While Hannibal was repetitious at times, especially given the time spent describing the logistics of getting elephants over the Alps, it was interesting and worthwhile.

It’s been a long time since I’ve heard such a rambling, unfocused prattle. And there was so much unsubstantiated conjecture that I was left with mouth agape. I should disclose that I only listened to the first episode but, as another reviewer indicated, you could have condensed the useful information into 20 minutes of useful content. Given that the podcast is published under the auspices of Stanford University I can only say that it was extremely disappointing.