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Patrick N. Hunt’s Followers (16)
Patrick N. Hunt
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Hannibal
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published
2017
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13 editions
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“Historians estimate more dead soldiers at Cannae than in any other day of battle in Western History, and that 30,000 gallons of blood were spilled in that one day.41”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal
“Hannibal was in his tent in his camp, possibly wondering where his brother was, when a hard-riding Roman cavalry envoy was allowed under diplomatic truce into the camp. The Roman horseman flung a sack into his tent, and the startled Hannibal peered inside to see his brother’s gory head. Hannibal responded: “There lies the fate of Carthage.”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal
“every piece of wood on the Carthaginian ship was numbered. The Romans were not long in figuring out that the Carthaginian boats were easily assembled from timbers according to a template. This made shipbuilding easier”
― Hannibal
― Hannibal
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