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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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Born:
247 BC
Died:
182 BC
(aged 65)
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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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