The Rise of Hannibal
The Ancients
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The Battle of Carthage and Rome
Hannibal's first aim was to reach the summit of the pass hannibal will begin the ascent of the alps. The local people live there, you know, and they know noth about this struggle between carthage and rome. And suddenly this carthaginian army has turned up and wants to march through their lands. So he's soon attacked, and hannibal again does the same sort of thing he's done before. He tries to use fast moving columns, moving at night, getting behind the enemy. There are lots of places in an army straggling along through valleys and over pass that it's vulnerable. They have hard fighting for most of the
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