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Hannibal
Twenty-two centuries ago there lived a man named Hannibal, the son of
Hamilcar Barca a Carthaginian. Hamilcar was a general in the Carthaginian
military in the first Punic War. After the defeat of Carthage in the first
Punic War, Hamilcar made Hannibal swear "eternal enmity" to Rome.
In 228 b.c. Hasdrubal, Hannibal`s brother-in-law, succeeded Hamilcar and
became commander. This meant that not only was the leader of the military
but also the political leader as well. In 221 b.c. Hasdrubal was assassinated
and Hannibal became commander in Spain. Hannibal was only 25 years old
when he was put in command of the Carthaginian armies and the Carthaginian
government in Spain. Even at a young age he knew his responsibilities,
so he kept his father's plan of military conquest and his brother-in-law`s
policy of strengthening Carthaginian power by democracy. He married a Spanish
princess and took hostages from the surrounding tribes to ensure their
loyalty to him. As a result of this he expanded the Carthaginian power
toward the Ebro river, which was the written northern boundary of Carthage
by the Rome treaty of 226. Rome attacked Saguntum, a city close to but
clearly on the Carthaginian side of the border. This provoked Hannibal
to take back Saguntum. The romans considered this an act of war. So in
218 b.c. Rome declared war on Carthage. This begins the second Punic War.
After hearing the declaration of war Hannibal immediately starts off towards
Rome. The problem was he had to go by land because Rome controlled the
seas. Hannibal takes an army of thirty-five to forty thousand men, some
on foot and others on horse, along with fifty war elephants across the
Pyrenees and the Alps in August of 218. Bad luck falls into Hannibal's
lap as early snows and landslides kill many of his men and almost all of
his war elephants. While traveling through the Alps he fights battles at
Arausio and Genua, easily defeating the Roman warriors, although his troops
are in horrible shape. He enters Italy with only twenty-six thousand men
and five or six war elephants in September 218. Hannibal and his troops
spent the winter in Po Valley. In the spring of 217 b.c. Hannibal was joined
by the Gauls, northern Italians who were subdued into fighting the Romans.
Now Hannibal had a sufficient army of infantry and cavalry. The hardened
Carthaginian troops easily crushed the Roman armies in their way, but without
siege equipment the Carthaginians could not destroy the Roman cities. So
instead of trying to siege the city they simple killed the Roman soldiers
and moved on.
But the other men, who were like hook-clawed, beak-bent vultures,/ descending from the mountains to pounce upon the lesser birds;/ and these on the plain, shrinking away from the clouds, speed off,/ but the vultures plunge on them and destroy them, nor is there any/ defense, nor any escape, and men are glad for the hunting;/ so these men, sweeping about the palace, struck down/ the suitors, one man after another; the floor was smoking/ with blood, and the horrible cries rose up as their heads were broken.
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Hannibal Barca was born in 247 B.C. in the city of Carthage, which was located in modern Tunis, or the northern tip of Africa. His father, Hamilcar Barca, was a great Carthaginian general of the army who fought in the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage, which the latter lost. At a very young age, Hamilcar made Hannibal promise “eternal hatred towards Rome” (Lendering, 1). At around age nine, Hannibal accompanied his father on an expedition to gain a hold in Spain. During this time was when Hannibal probably gained most of his military knowledge that helped him greatly later in life. When Hannibal’s father and older brother died in 229 and 226, Hannibal was elected commander-in-chief of the Carthaginian army. About ten years later, Hannibal, acting on his promise to his father, attacked the city of Sagantum in Spain, which was controlled by the Romans. This attack led to the start of the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome.
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As the most dysfunctional family reunion in the history of ever continues, we are assured that Jack Crawford is still alive and he is making fast friends with Inspector Pazzi while also explaining to him, and less invested viewers, the intricacies of Will and Hannibal’s relationship. Not to be outdone, Bedelia spent the episode acting as Hannibal’s therapist while they relived everything that has brought Will and Hannibal to this point in their tortured bromance.
Rwanda Before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic. Oxford 2014. New York: University Press, 2014. Print.
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