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| Title: Modern Idiom in an Ancient Context: Another Look at the Strategy of the Second Punic War Secondary Title: Greece & Rome Volume: 9, No. 2 Pages: 134-141 Type: Journal Article Year: 1962 Abstract: Donaldson questions the use of modern military terminology, which often has obscure or anachronistic connotations, in analyzing ancient warfare. Criticizes E. T. Salmon for use of terms such as "D-Day operation" to describe Scipio's landing in Africa, and "intelligence service" in reference to Hannibals spy network. Donaldson advises a more sensitive translation of Polybius and Livy, taking into account the changes in political-military relations in the last two millenia, as well as the particularist meanings of many modern 'war jargon' terms. Keywords: Second Punic War; military jargon; Scipio; Hannibal; military intelligence |