Maximilian Otto Bismarck Caspari wrote of him: - “As to the transcendent military genius of Hannibal there cannot be two opinions. The man who for fifteen years could hold his ground in a hostile country against several powerful armies and a succession of able generals must have been a commander and a tactician of supreme capacity” Robert Garland - Though this claim may seem questionable to our post Hanibalic world‚ It was moreover the experience of the Second Punic War the first stimulated
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Civ. I 10 March 2013 Hannibal Barca The life of Hannibal Barca was one full of controversy‚ excitement‚ and great accomplishments. As a leader during the Punic Wars‚ a war fought between Rome and Carthage‚ he was faced with a multitude of tough decisions. His journey began at the young age of ten when his father‚ Hamilcar another great Carthaginian general‚ took him to Iberia and introduced him to the world of war. He was a child who had “grown up with war” (Hannibal‚ Clifford W. Mills) and in
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Hannibal‚ son of Hamilcar‚ a Roman soldier‚ and military leader. Born in 247 B.C.‚ was raised in Carthage to be a soldier. Hannibal opposed to his father’s archenemy. Hannibal’s job was to protect the city of Carthage. Even though Hannibal’s mother was unknown‚ his father Hamilcar‚ a former military leader‚ taught Hannibal to be the brave and smart header he was. Hannibal has the smartest military genius in Carthage. The first battle Hannibal had fought and won was the battle of Trebia. In this
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter’s Character Analysis I believe one of the most interesting characters within the film is Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal Lecter’s personality seems to be antisocial in the fact that he does not like interact with people too often. He seems to tolerate most people‚ like the police officers that feed him and Clarice. Hannibal suffers from Antisocial Personality Disorder; also know as a psychopathy. Within the movie Dr. Chitton describes Hannibal Lecter as “a pure psychopath” (Demme)
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• Evaluation o Impact and Influence on his Time o Hannibal Barca (247-183/182 BC) “excited‚ frightened and – once safely dead – drew reluctant admiration from the Romans” (Hoyos‚ 2008). For an historian to assess Hannibal’s legacy they would need to acknowledge both his immediate impact on the Mediterranean world and his lasting influence on Rome. The most immediate effect Hannibal had on his time stemmed from his involvement in the Punic Wars. The tactics he employed and the threat he posed to
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HANNIBAL AND THE BATTLE OF CANNAE The battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War near the town of Cannae‚ an ancient village in southern part of Italy. The battle took place between the outnumbered Carthaginian army under Hannibal against the Romans under the command of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro. For the most part‚ the Romans were overpowered by the undermanned Carthaginian forces. Many historians agree that the battle of Cannae is one of the greatest
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murdered Roman men behind on the battlefield including my colleague Lucius Aemilius Paullus. The Carthaginian general‚ Hannibal has completely annihilated us. He has outsmarted us Romans. But alas‚ this was not my fault‚ we were not meant to win‚ there were too many aspects of this battle that were not in our favor‚ things I could not have controlled. It started from the beginning‚ Hannibal arrived to Cannae before us‚ giving himself the upper hand to set up his army and take advantage of the Aufidus River
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Following the phenomenal success of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal‚ Anthony Hopkins returns as brilliant madman Hannibal Lecter in this thriller based on the novel in which author Thomas Harris introduced the character. Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an FBI agent with a rare gift for tracking serial killers who brought Hannibal Lecter to justice; however‚ his confrontation with Lecter proved to be a bloody‚ near-death experience‚ and afterward Graham retired from the Bureau‚ moving to Florida
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Hannibal Because Hannibal was such a successful leader‚ his character was‚ and still is‚ debated over. By nature‚ the Romans‚ their allies‚ and even Hanno‚ a Carthaginian‚ disliked Hannibal because he brought fear and destruction to their peoples. On the other hand Carthage and its allies respected Hannibal because he brought expansion and wealth. Although both sides of the argument completely oppose each other‚ both have adequate reasoning. Hannibal gave many reasons to be disliked due to his
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It was the leadership of Caesar‚ Alexander‚ and Hannibal that heavily influenced the Roman society‚ the ancient world‚ and the western civilization. Ambition drove Alexander the Great to conquer the unconquered‚ propelled Caesar to the top of the political spectrum with no birthright‚ and helped Hannibal defeat a dominent society in the ancient world. It was Julius Caesar’s successful military tactics‚ his drive to the top of the political society‚ and his succession without the right‚ privilege
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