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To: neverdem

Hannibal never had a plan for breaching Rome’s walls.


2 posted on 04/05/2011 6:28:45 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: vbmoneyspender
Hannibal never had a plan for breaching Rome’s walls.

Hannibal never had a plan to infiltrate Rome and have a Roman who was philosophically opposed to all that made Rome great, take over as Caesar.

4 posted on 04/05/2011 6:33:18 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: vbmoneyspender

Yes. And he was roundly castigated for his failure to march on Rome after Cannea.

“You have the ability to be victorious in battle but not the wisdom to exploit them.”


8 posted on 04/05/2011 7:04:16 PM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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