Hannibal vs Rome: The Road to Cannae
The Ancients
00:00
Hannibal's War of Manoeuvre
Hannibal's war of manoeuvre only takes him so far in Campania. Like most theatres, the exits are limited and are bottlenecks. He has to force one of the passes and he decides to force the pass that he had come over by Mount Calicula. Manucius' force and Fabius' force have kind of divided it at this point. 4000 troops who are actually stationed in the pass are going to block Hannibal out while these two armies come on him. So he's in a really difficult position. What does he do? Well, there's a story that, and I think it must partly be true, that he sacrifices about 5000 of his
Play episode from 22:29
Transcript
