Hannibal was a military genius. That is, he was a genius at battlefield tactics, although not so much at strategy. At the time when Hannibal crossed the Alps, 218 B.C., the Romans had no military geniuses, no Roman general could come near to Hannibal in battlefield tactics. In fact, several of the Roman generals in […]
Why Did Hannibal Win His Early Battles Against Rome in the Second Punic War
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