[allmendream]

“Sheesh, there sure are enough of them bastards” (or the near equivalent) Gisco a warrior of Hannibal Barca of Carthage.

“The Latins may count their number by the tens of thousand, but rest easy knowing that there is no “Gisco” among them.” Hannibal Barca

The comment got such a laugh that Hannibal sent that message among his troops. The approaching Roman army heard their outnumbered foes LAUGHING in their FACES, and marched into the doom that Hannibal had prepared for them.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The approaching Roman army heard their outnumbered foes LAUGHING in their FACES, and marched into the doom that Hannibal had prepared for them.

When it came to the Roman Republic vs Carthage, we all know that he who laughs last laughs best, and Cato the Elder had the last laugh.