The Rise of Hannibal
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Hannibal's Army
Hannibal inherited an awesome force, and it was not long before it found itself engaged in the clash that would ultimately spark the second punic war against rome. This clash was at the city of saguntum, modern day sagunto. We know absolutely nothing about how and why this all blew up around this one city,. Saguntam is south of the ebro river, which was, through treaty, agreed to be the carthaginian sphere of influence in the iberian peninsula. Hannibal's army also includes heavy cavalry from the iberians, probably a number of celt iberians who are gallic, half gallic,Half iberian,
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