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The post-Hannibal settlement broke the sacrificial mythology because the rich, controlling the republican government, took most of the conquered common land while the poor received little.
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The post-Hannibal settlement broke the sacrificial mythology because the rich, controlling the republican government, took most of the conquered common land while the poor received little.
The Senate's refusal to negotiate after Cannae is presented as the unique Roman act that Hannibal cannot understand and that allows Rome to win fifteen years later.
Scipio's rise after Cannae is used to show how Roman office-seeking and pursuit of triumph turn senatorial loss into opportunity for new leaders.
"The problem was this. The problem was that after Rome won the war, the question then is, who got the rewards? Right? Everyone made..."
"At the same time, Hannibal is able to convince the Greeks to start a second front against the Romans. Okay? So at this point,..."
"Triumph. Triumph is a big parade where you are celebrated by all the Roman people. And that's what every Roman soldier aspired to. To..."
"...the Carthaginians surrender the First Punic War. They surrender the Second Punic War. And the Third Punic War, guess what happens? They're going to..."
"Okay? But the most famous episode during the Second Punic War, is when a Carthaginian general named Hannibal Barca. Okay? He's in Spain, and..."
"...justify the Roman Empire, created this entire history of the Second Punic War that didn't really happen. Okay? Because now it's like, okay, well,..."
"...Hannibal lost that battle and so, therefore, Carthage lost the Second Punic War. Okay? That's the idea of death. That's the three major advantages..."
"...able to rally themselves and ultimately defeat Carthage in a second Punic war okay so the great system if"
"...first problem is land. Remember, during the Hannibal Wars, the Second Punic War, the poor lost a lot of land and they were never..."
Julius Caesar was not only a general or politician.
Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
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