069: The Second Punic War - Hannibal at the Gates
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Hannibal's Battle of Cana
By two 16, the carthaginians had already successfully besieged and captured at least four separate italian settlements. But hannibal's army was not in its best state by this point. Over one tenth of his army was killed or wounded - a figure that would be more appropriate for the losing side. The terms of the agreement struck between the carthagenians and macedonia indicates that rome was to be made into a subordinate power. Hannibal says as much himself. For in a speech delivered to the prisoners of canai, he explained that he had no intention of destroying r Rome. Perhaps he was hoping for the demoralized romans to lay down their arms and accept a
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