[JasonC]

Patton was a good commander. Hannibal won several impressive victories but could not win a war, and lost his country by losing only once. He was also a profoundly evil man, but that is another matter. Not entirely unrelated, though. There is a reason Italy never gave in to him, no matter how many armies he defeated.

[Verginius Rufus]

Why do you think Hannibal was a profoundly evil man? Most of what we know about him comes from his Roman enemies. That's like judging George W. Bush on the basis of what's written about him in The New York Times.