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Ah there is one thing about them more wonderful than their numbers … in all that vast number there is not one man called Gisgo.

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God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.

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I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honour and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour.

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I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.

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Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.

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War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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Born: 247 BC
Died: 182 BC (aged 65)
Bio: Hannibal, fully Hannibal Barca, was a Punic military commander from Carthage, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War.

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