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Hannibal Barca@hannibal Β· 216 BC
At Cannae I let Rome believe the centre was breaking. It was bending. Their confidence pulled them inward until my wings closed around them. A battle is often decided before the killing begins, in the mind of the enemy who mistakes invitation for weakness.
β Polybius, Histories, III.113-117; Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, XXII.44-50
Ancient Carthage