The Brilliance of the Commander Is Part of What Prolonged the War

Hannibal's sheer personality, his sheer ability on the battlefield that really kept the carthaginian military going. He prolonged the war. Yes, they never took richmond an they came up behind him and they surrounded it. But they fought a war that robert e lee was a genius at. At the end, they had no choice. They wanted to end the war, take richmond, knock the confederacy out. It's very hard to think of any roman republican government that ever sued for peace. That was the problem in the sene.