The Rise of Hannibal
The Ancients
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Pyris and the Romans in the Mediterranean
Hannibal is going to fight the romans in their heart land. He's going to bludgeon them over the head repeatedly where they think they're safe, and make them come to the negotiating table because that's how wars end. This was a new bold move indeed. But fortunately, hannibal had a precedent, the actions of another figure who had recently fought the armies of rome on italian soil,. A general called paris. So paris was the king of epirus, and he was the first of the of hellenistic generals to bring a hellenistic army to the central mediterranean zone. And he invades italy as the romans are
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