View of the Tagus River from the Caraca archeological site in Driebes, Guadalajara. Equipo arqueologico de Caraca
Posted on 04/30/2020 6:30:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
I know elephants live for a long time, but I think they’re all dead by now.
But did Hannibal have Woozles with the Heffalumps?
And how did they get B.A. on the plane?
Blmk
They tricked B.A. every time
Well!
Aren’t you the wet blanket at this party!
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why were the carhthegenians in spain instead of crossing to france or not sicily?
The story of Hannibal is quite interesting. Ultimately he was defeated because politicians decided who and where he would battle.
LOL
**I know elephants live for a long time, but I think they’re all dead by now.**
Oh, ya can’t be too sure. There might be some that escaped to Argentina, in order to avoid being tried for war crimes.
after the huge defeat of Roman legions at Cannae, all Hannibal had to do was march on Rome. But he was short on supplies and reinforcement and didn’t advance. Which politicians decided where he would go next?
Really? Don’t know much about him but i thought he answered to nobody.
Like a Napoleon.
or maybe Napoleon answered to somebody also.
My history is awful :)
The started trading colonies in Spain some 100 years or so before Hannibal.
Probably because the romans influence was less than closer to italy. I saw amp which showed larger geographic ares for the carthegenians in spring but not francs.
Hannibal underestimated the Romans. After Cannae, he expected the Romans to react sensibly and seek terms, like any rational city state of that era would do. Instead, the Romans closed their gates and raised new legions. The amazing thing is that all the Italian states allied to Rome, many of them fairly recent Roman conquests, remained loyal. The Romans had an astonishing ability to turn defeated opponents into allies, then eventually citizens. In the case of the Punic Wars, that Carthaginian thing about sacrificing children to Moloch probably played a role. The Romans were tough hombres, but some things were beyond the pale.
When the Roman general Scipio landed in North Africa, the leaders of Carthage recalled Hannibal from Italy to defend the home city.
I’m pretty sure he was recalled to Carthage to defend it against the Romans who had decided to attack Carthage instead of continuing his harassment of Rome.
But it’s been nearly 30 years since I had Western Civ.
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