Hannibal (PARTS 6 - 10) ⚔️ Rome's Greatest Enemy ⚔️ Second Punic War

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🚩 Graphics:

Special thanks to HistoryQuickie for his support:

🎼 Music:
Peaks of Atlas - Omri Lahav

📝 Sources:
"The Punic Wars, 264 - 146 BC" - Nigel Bagnall
"Histories" - Polybius
"Carthage must be destroyed" - Richard Miles
"Fall of Carthage" - Adrian Goldsworthy
"Hannibal's Oath" - John Prevas

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01:05 - Episode 6 - Battle of Lake Trasimene, 217 BC
16:42 - Episode 7 - Why didn't Hannibal attack Rome after Lake Trasimene, 217 BC
28:37 - Episode 8 - Battle of Ager Falernus, 217 BC
43:35 - Episode 9 & 10 - Back across the Apennines & The Battle of Geronium, 217 BC

#hannibal #carthage #rome

[HistoryMarche]

👉 👉 Apologies for the audio glitch at 2:08, this was apparently a YT encoding error - Patreon version of the video, which is the exact same file, doesn't have this glitch.

[misterstaple]

Hannibal not pillaging Fabius' property but everyone else's is the most baller psychological move.

[muhammadmushtaq]

Honestly speaking this is a gem.. Sad we are paying Netflix to watch fake documentaries and watching this incredible video without giving him credit

[Stoicnomad]

"Hannibal? Yeah. He brought elephants through the Alps."

But now, your efforts made me realize how exactly Hannibal is respected just as Napoleon and Alexander. Thank you for this!

[gourmand]

Hannibal is the personification of "But wait! There's more!"

[Volnas]

Hannibal: Defeats several armies, kills Consul and wipes out several legions

Rome: Ok, see you next year.

[himanshu]

I am speechless with the series, felt like it all is happening in front of me, you guys are perfect story teller, keep it up.

[JasonKifner]

Fabius catches a lot of heat from people even now, but he really did keep Rome in the fight and the move to keep Minucius as his second was a good one.

[Scape]

If only Hannibal got the support that was required. Great content, love the documentary!

[LongJohnLiver]

Wow I never really knew much about Hannibal but he's right up there with Alexander in my book. He was a master at improvising on the fly using the terrain to his advantage. Guy was a beast on the battlefield.

[aliveyetundead]

"If someone is angry because you invaded their territory, invade their territory more. What they gonna do? Tell their mommy?" - Flaminius, Darius, IIIc. B.C.

[helgaformo]

The Fabian Strategy: "Can't lose if you don't fight."

[Breeze]

28:00 ish

Another reason why Hannibal may not have seiged Rome is because his own food stock was limited, and he relied on foraging, so a several months siege would have essentially been a double edged sword, when his own army was forced to be stationary.
As you mentioned earlier, Hannibal depended on maneuverability and didn't want to be sandwiched at the gates of Rome, considering he may have been acting on imperfect information regarding the location and size of armies in the area.

[dierksburlison]

Honestly Hannibal is my favorite general to ever exist. I am glad to see him get the recognizatuon he deserves

[g.o.paciong]

Literally all of Hannibals great battles:
"their army walked right into Hannibal's trap"

[hannibalbarca]

I like how when Minucius admitted to Fabius he was wrong about being aggressive, Fabius accepts that he learned his lesson and let him back into his general staff

[davorpavlov]

Am I the only person who is watching the episodes a second time, right after they watched them all the first time and still enjoying them? Well done!

[FirstOfTheMagi]

I feel like the scurvy and mange his troops were sustaining, as outlined in the video when he crossed the mountains for his troops to regain their health and horses, is probably the most likely explanation of why Hannibal didn't immediately besiege Rome.

[robbiehaworth]

Can’t believe channels like this one, invicta and kings and generals are free

[Chino]

When you get to Cannae, you MUST begin by saying: " Ah, yes. You've all been waiting for this, haven't you ?! "