[Sans-Culotte]

Not quite. The Romans simply refused to quit, no matter how heavy their losses. The remarkable thing is that their Italian allies also stood firm.

When I was a kid and reading about Hannibal for the first time, he was a hero of mine. I totally admired the way he inflicted such crushing defeats on the Romans. Over time, my admiration has gone to the Romans. I love how they held firm and after Cannae basically told Hannibal's emmisaries to go eff themselves. Then they slowly ground the Carthaginians down. No Matter the opponent, the Romans would eventually grind them down. Winning the Punic Wars made Rome a great nation.

[teeman8r]

Hehe. You said Punic.