Hannibal: Rome’s greatest nightmare
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The Greatest Enemy of the Roman Empire, Hannibal
Hannibal could have taken rome, but he thought it was unnecessary to. I think he really believed that the romans would surrender. And there was alway s a sneaking admiration for him. The carthaginians were the ones who forced them to become not just an italian republic, but a mediterranean empire in order to defend themselves. He was the last great foe that they faced until the germanic invasions in about 400 a d.
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