true story of hannibal the great part 5

One of history's greatest military leaders, at age nine Hannibal accompanied his father Hamilcar Barca on the Carthaginian expedition to conquer Spain. Before embarking, the boy vowed eternal hatred for Rome, his people's bitter rival. Twenty years later, in 218 BC, he left New Carthage (now Cartagena, Spain) to wage war on "The Eternal City" with an army of about 40,000, including cavalry and elephants. After crossing the Pyrenees and Rhone River, he traversed the Alps while beset by snowstorms, landslides, and hostile mountain tribes. This 2-hour special brings to life the story of the Carthaginian general who struck fear in all Roman hearts and wreaked havoc with his masterful military tactics, bringing the mighty Roman Republic to the brink of ruin. Archaeologists, historians, and military experts guide us through ancient Carthage and give insight into his military strategy up to defeat at Zama in 203 BC.

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[Rico8458]

he whipped them like a step child.

[PhoenicianMan]

yes Carthage became stronger than Tye but this not exclude the fact that it was founded by Phoenicians, so why u r saying its impossible?Phoenicians founded Carthage as a trading post at first and after that it became a strong empire. Historians even give the exact year when Carthage was founded by Phoenicians and its 814 B.C. ... so what is the impossible thing here?

[CrystalHunter1989]

That's the bluest water I've ever seen...

[mybff86]

Yay another good documentary :D

[HistoryLover1550]

@petion2010 Right, he underestimated his enemy.

[HistoryLover1550]

@petion2010 You've a point there.

[petion2010]

@HistoryLover1550 sense of self. Although he managed to get the Northern Gaelic tribes in the North and the Greeks cities of the South to switch their allegiances, but this is misleading. These were mostly newly conquered people who haven't been completely Romanized yet. Rome didn't have problem splitting the Punic empire. I've always believed and tel people this, "Rome didn't defeat Hannibal, the Roman system defeated the Carthaginian system."

[petion2010]

@HistoryLover1550 Yeah, but you have to understand that the Punic empire wasn't unified, nor did they have a centralized system of government. It was much like a feudal system where various people are loosely bound by commercial interest. Punic really had no sense of identity where as Rome had an identity. The main reason why Hannibal failed is because of his miscalculation as he believed that he could split the Roman system. He never realized that Rome was an entity and Romans had a strong

[HistoryLover1550]

Numidians never should've went to the Roman side, Rome eventually conqured them too. They should've known that!

[DaviesMotionPictures]

aah, Trasamene. I've played this on Rome Total War, and I only won because I knew what the Carthagians were actually going to do, and because im amazing. lol jkz ;-)

[PhoenicianMan]

my friend why u keep on insisting in that issue? all what i said is hat Carthage was founded by Phoenicians, u agree on it or no, this is history, what happened next and how powerful Carthage became is not the issue, in my first comment i said "Carthage is founded by Phoenicians" and this is what i wanted to say, they separated later i dont care, all i know that it is founded by Phoenicians.