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Title: Rome is back
Review: Hannibal's Children is an excellent work of alternative history. His Roman characters show the complex mix of patriotism and backstabbing ambitions that made the Roman Republic master of the world (well a good chunk of it) in our timeline. His new Cleopatra is also excellent. The Carthagians were less convincing, simply coniniving rich folks with little competence. That future for a victorious Carthage is credible but it made the story less interesting. The new mechanical technology of the Archmidians was a bit much, I mean a submarine in the first century??All around it was an excellent book, lots of good action and credible historical detail.
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