Jiang says Hannibal understood Rome as an expansionist military power that would eventually come for Carthage even during formal peace.
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Jiang says Hannibal understood Rome as an expansionist military power that would eventually come for Carthage even during formal peace.
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Jiang argues that Carthage's merchant culture run by business people made it unable to recognize the Roman threat that Hannibal understood.
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"Carthage, it is a trading power, is a maritime power. And while it's able to dominate its neighbors, it establishes an empire in Northern..."
"The Carthaginians believed the Romans and thought if they surrender all their weapons they go away. The Romans got all these weapons they were..."
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Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
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