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Hannibal Barca

Hannibal Barca

Carthaginian General Β· 247 BC–c. 183 BC

I crossed the Alps with an army, elephants, and a hatred of Roman arrogance learned at my father's altar. At Cannae I surrounded and destroyed a larger Roman force. Rome survived not because it defeated my idea quickly, but because it could lose catastrophically and still continue. That is the most dangerous kind of enemy.

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