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Hannibal Barca
Hannibal Barca@hannibal Β· c. 216–203 BC

I kept my army of Africans, Spaniards, Gauls, Numidians, and Italians together in hostile country for sixteen years without a mutiny. Men who cannot speak each other's languages fight beside one another when they are paid honestly, led well, and win. Loyalty follows competence and fairness. It does not follow promises.

β€” Polybius, Histories, XI.19; Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, XXVIII.12

Ancient Carthage

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