Battle of Cumae, 215 BC ⚔️ Hannibal (Part 18) ⚔️ Second Punic War
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📜 Sources:
The Second Punic War: The battle of Hibera, 215 BC - David Feeney (2019)
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The Punic Wars, 264 - 146 BC - Nigel Bagnall (2002)
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Hannibal - G. P. Baker (1999)
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Hannibal's War - John Peddie (2005)
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Hannibal: A History of the Art of War - Theodore Ayrault Dodge (2012)
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Fall of Carthage - Adrian Goldsworthy (2003)
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Cannae: Hannibal's Greatest Victory - Adrian Goldsworthy (2019)
www.amazon.com/Cannae-Hanniba...
The History of Rome, Livy (2006)
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Histories, Book 7 (from The Complete Histories) - Polybius (2009)
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The Rise of the Roman Empire - Polybius (translation by Ian Scott-Kilvert) (1980)
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A companion to the Punic Wars - Dexter Hoyos (2015)
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Problems of the Second Punic War: III. Rome and Her Italian Allies
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Sicily and the Second Punic War: The (Re)Organisation of Rome’s First Province - John Serrati
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Iya kak
حاطين كل اللغات الا العربية !!!؟؟؟ 👎🏼
@@dk.3803 What's wrong with the subs?
@@HistoryMarche I was surprised why there is no Arabic translation
@@dk.3803 But there is
Rome should have made Hanno II an honorary Praetor, since he was their biggest ally in the war.
lol pretty much
They didn't want Hannibal as emperor, so they outsourced for the position.
Agreed, what is funny, I have never heard what happened to him after Rome defeated them much less when they complete destroyed Carthage
@@tylerscofield9799 He went on to join another nation, can't remember which one, even becoming an admiral that fought against the Romans. Sadly, he wasn't as good of an admiral as he was a general: apparently his "elephants" (as in, his "secret weapon") was to throw jars of snakes at Roman ships. This didn't work out, of course, but I can't remember if he died naturally, committed suicide or was killed by the Romans.
Lol
i'll never forgive you not making new episodes for more than 6 months. This is your masterpiece, you have to continue it!
Let’s levy a army cause not finishing this series is a crime
@@josephmurillo6832 i agree
HistoryMarche is simply employing the Fabian Strategy
When are they going to finish this does anytime know?
@@MaizeRage23 he keeps telling "soon" I refuse to learn about the Punic wars from another source since he describes it so well
Hannibal, quite literally the victim of his own success in this episode. Great work as always!
DJ Hannibal - Suffering from Success
lol
@@MalayArcher I was coming here to support the main comment, but ended up supporting yours :)
Theirs some truth in that.
hannibal simps assemble!
Roman Generals: I need more troops! Rome: Yes! Hannibal: I need more troops! Carthage: And I took that personally
Pretty much...
Modern day carthage tunisia is still like that when i watched what happend to hannibal it made me laugh to see that these people havent change since the beggining of time...its just laughble.
@@HistoryMarche where is ep 19
Lol yeah Carthage is like we can just stop and wait until this all burns .. I mean blows over it's not like Rome is going to un-exist us from most of history pour salt over everything and only save a one recipe book because they like our wine.
@@tyegra6665 am tunisian and i live in chartage ... we live in 2022 what you talk about it ??? ... times change and peoples change also you didnt learn anything from history sadly ...
Hannibal was probably on of the most brilliant men that ever existed
I think so too
Nah Ceasar is better
@@kaiswork3998 dude got killed by his own step son
@@joaorathis8157 literally anybody can be assassinated it means absolutely nothing, while he chose Ceasar (obviously) the true Hannibal equal was Aurelian for me.
I just finished all 18 parts... WOW. I knew Hannibal was a great general and he almost defeated Rome, but I had no idea just how brilliant he was, and how deep into Rome he made it. Also, how did Rome muster so many men even after they kept losing so many against Hannibal. Seems never ending.
Yeah how, how does he defeat 250,000 and there is still men left. Especially when half the peninsula changes side
@@linuswidell7659 During this period, I'm sure the population of the Roman Republic, in Italia, was perhaps in the millions.
War is about economics my friend
@@williamloosman True, it's also about ambition, power, glory, among other things. It usually varies. But well said
the roman republic was just too powerful manpower wise to defeat. If hannibal led the carthaginian army during the first punic war (when carthage actually had a chance) then history would be very different.
Continue this series please. Seeing the end make me deeply saddened
Just watched all the parts and am sad there is no part 19 yet plz finish this amazing series.
Never underestimate the motives of the deep state….. even in BC
When ever I read about the second Punic War I always feel so intense despite knowing what happens.
Same, I felt sorry for Hannibal
@@Rathallan bro why
@@ramonsalu563 one of the only generals in history that should have won but got defeated by his own people
@@Rathallan I'm curious as to who the others would be. This could be fun.
@@Rathallan yeah nobody gives props to the Romans, they were able to still win the war after they lost multiple battles
I really don't want this series to be ended, It's deciding points to have strong allies among your own people rather than to seek allies within the enemy's territory, if Hannibal had all carthage in his support the history would take another course with no future roman as power at all. But the roman unity and resolve had won the day.
Well, the war would last 13 more years, so I think we can expect at least 10 more episodes, if not more.
This is going to be a long series specially given that it is scope goes beyond just the actions Hannibal was directly involved with, could easily last a couple of years more, now when it ends is going to be a bittersweet thing, at least to me.
Your right 100%.
Not just the day. But the entire war
The series has been going on for 4 years now and only covered about 3-4 years of the war I think it'll take them about 4-5 years to finish the entire war
Hannibal is one of my all time favorites, what a genius, I waited for a new episode for so long! Thank you
i prefer Scipio personally... for both of them, imagine the greatness they would had achieved if the full weight of the state was behind them............
Hannibal Is Da Best
A tactical genius, sure. Politically and/or strategically on the other hand...
@@michimatsch5862 well sometimes there isn't anything you can do if your government is weak. Caesae was great politically and they still all whooped his ass in the Senate.
Hannibal, you know how to win a victory, you do not know how to use it. -Maharbal
Excellent job again HistoryMarche. One of the reasons Hannibal ultimately lost was because he did not have the full support of the Carthaginian senate and he never committed to destroying the city of Rome. The Romans were the opposite, they were uni- lateral with their foreign policy and they destroyed Carthage. This is why Grand Strategy and unity against the enemy in warfare is of vital importance. Well done 👍.
Hannibal also failed to get any members of the core Latin tribes to turn on Rome, and mostly had what support he had, in southern Italy. Hannibal never sparked the widespread uprising against the Romans that he expected. I think he hated Rome so much that he thought everyone else did too, and if you thought that, of *course* you'd expect the populace to rise up and join him in overthrowing Rome. As history shows, he was mistaken, and eventually he lost.
@@bandit6272you'd expect the populace to rise up and join him: just like Putin in ukraine.
@@mitch8072 I wouldn't expect that.
@@bandit6272 no i agree. but both hannibal and putin expected support from the locals. and neither got it.
@@mitch8072 Yeah, and a lot of the support we expected from the locals in Afghanistan and Iraq never materialized either, lol. This seems to be an old mistake.
I repeated this series 4 times at this point im glad theres finally a new episode
Totally
Same haha
I hope you guys continue this series, the work you guys put into this is amazing. Please keep making more of these, I don’t mean to pressure you, it’s just that the second Punic war is amazing to always study.
Dear HistoryMarche team please please continue this fantastic series!
So the Carthaginian senate had the same concerns the Roman senate did about Caesar? Truly fascinating how history repeats itself. Also, I CANNOT WAIT for the next video since I have just binged watch all 18 parts you all have so professionally, clearly, and scholarly assembled for our educational enrichment. Many thanks!
There’s was never another episode
@@josephmurillo6832 So I have noticed. Hopefully, they will go back and fix this.
Press 👍 if you're like me waiting for another great episode of Hannibal.
Weird that they could not foresee that a defeat of Hannibal would mean the end of their city including them.
This is one of the best series of history made. No one has gone to this depth of information with accompanying graphics. As a history buff I never knew Hannibal's campaign in Italy was so long or how it ends, All I need to know is where the hell are those Macedonian reinforcements!
Hannibal didn't have control over the 'heel of italy', that's the region where Tarentum is located. Which is why he needed reinforcements. With 10,000 - 20,000 he'd be able to control that region, secure a supply line with his new ally in the Kingdom of Macedonia, and be able to implement whatever his 'winning strategy' was. Probably a direct attack on Rome. But due to Hanno II political clout, and the ammunition provided by Hasdrubal's loss at the battle of Hibera, he was denied the reinforcements to make the security of Macedonian supplies reliable.
I'm sad there isn't more episodes of this because I'm so invested at this point.
Coming soon.
@@HistoryMarche W
@@lazyguy3081 ITS HEREEEE SIUUUUUUUUUUUU
Well not here but we got a sneak peak
@@HistoryMarche YES! You have at least 1 guaranteed viewer
Its depressing watching Hannibal lose so slowly
It's also depressing watching romans lose hundred thousands of manpower because most of the generals were like: pfft, the general before me was amateur! I would never walk into a trap! *walks into a trap*
i was just too good.. 😁
Vorro lost is stomach and fleed maby as lest preveinting complete incirclement and maby and helping with a Tatical retreat making where maby the bulk of of romwn army to hold on wven longer they lost due to being ti tire to fight but Hannibal cav was still thier so thiers that to consider to also if vorro was willing to fight
@@quintusfabiusmaximus8700 you were too idiot to fight Hannibal.
I find it incredible that a human being like Hannibal even existed, like Phillip and Alexander, he's just crazy impressive👏🏻
Julius Caesar has by far have a much better military career.
@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 I think he was comparing Hannibal to other men, not gods.
@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 I think he was comparing Hannibal to other men, not gods.
@Danny Tallmage both fought an empire. Hannibal was better than alexander, because he fought far better enemies and commanders than the persians, and darius ever will, whose main strategy is to flee the battlefield. Plus, Caesar far outclassed Hannibal, because he managed to defeat Rome itself in the civil war. Alexander is nothing without parmenion. It was parmenion who manages Alexander's supply lines, it was parmenion who holds the phalanx for alexander to deliver the hammer of his companion cavalry, it is parmenion who keeps alexander in a leash to not recklessly charge into battle without a proper plan that always cost them precious macedonian lives that they can't easily replace in the front lines, and "alexander the great *Ingrate* " killed him for his outstanding contributions to his campaign. What a great general. He never lost a battle that he didn't have a direct command in the first place. Without Philip II's veteran officers, alexander is nothing.
@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 completey disagree. Alexander is nothing without parmineon? Ha! Alexander constantly ignored what he and his other diadochi said, gaugamela is a great example, proving the tactical and strategic brilliance was his own. Hannibal's italian campaign and victory at Cannae far far far outclasses anything caesar did. caesars men were far better than anything he went up against, by the time caesar fought other romans his own men were hard-core veterans after the campaign in Gaul, often his army far outmatched his opponents. caesar was also a piece of shit, who committed what most historians agree is a genocide in Gaul for his own personal gain and glory as he was in debt, that's why the true romans wanted him to abandon his army have him be tried as the criminal he is.
It occurs to me that the one who the lost the war for the Carthage is Hanno, not Hannibal
Not only him pretty much every single carthaginians commanders are responsible for Carthage defeat if Hannibal wasn't patriotic he would have join Rome to see his own country fall.
@@ahmadrahman456 His own country would have won, though. It was only because they were divided and not focused on taking down Rome. Rome also likely would not have just accepted Hannibal's change of sides. They likely would have just imprisoned him to put more pressure on Carthage.
Exactly. if he was a bit more far sighted, he could have dealt with political problems at home after the war. But in the end Carthage was destroyed because Hanno wouldn’t back Hannibal
@waddle Wars are caused my friend. Polybius's patron was a Roman, but even he acknowledged that the treaty was unfair to begin with and the Roman's interfered in territory that was Carthaginian in direct opposition to the treaty they had signed, and... after breaking the treaty themselves, the Roman's tried to force Carthage to give up Hannibal. So no, like almost EVERY single war in their early period, Rome was at fault. Even according to Roman sources. Look at the first Punic war, Rome broke the treaty there too. I honestly wish the Roman's had been wiped off the face of the earth. World would have been better for it
Started watching this series right after watching oversimplifieds take on the 1st Punic war. Boy I am glad I did ran through the whole series in a day and can’t wait for the next parts. Definitely subscribed.
Thank you for watching. And welcome aboard.
@@HistoryMarche please give us part 19
When is next episode
@@HistoryMarche it’s literally been 10 months
Hannibal was truly the greatest of all time. Against all odds. It makes me so sad his own senate would not support him... It makes no sense. Perhaps Rome had something to do with this. Promising them to be filthy rich and bribing them to try cut Hannibal off. The fact he's doing this without the support of Carthage makes it that more of a truly epic ancient tale however.
they were losing in Iberia while he was winning in Italy. It really makes sense sending troops to spain if you think about it. Iberia's silver was funding hannibal's war. No Iberia = No war.
@@ihebbenrhouma3957 But taking mainland Italy and Rome would no doubt end the war, and with those troops sent to Iberia Hannibal would've been able to successfully defeat or at least outmaneuver the Roman Armies
Khalid Ibn al Waleed, who fought over two hundred skirmishes and battles during the early expansion of the Islamic Armies against the Sassanid Persians and the Byzantine Empire without losing a single one has to be considered at least a close rival
@waddle This is what I wonder about, was there no possibility that his reinforcements would be cut off? Especially if Rome got news of it
Hannibal wasn’t the greatest by his own admission, he and Sicpio at some point met and Sicpio asked him to rank the best generals the history at that time, Hannibal put Alexander the great first and Pyrrhus 2nd, Sicpio asked him who was the third and Hannibal said himself and Sicpio laughed and then asked him if he defeated him where would he put himself, Hannibal said he would have put himself first
As an ancient wargamer, I am always impressed how your videos make the strategic situation so clear.
This is the best series of history that i've ever seen. Please continue. Support from Argentina
The more I watch this series, the more I'm awestruck by the genius of both Fabius and Hannibal. The Strategist vs The Tactician. The Wolf vs The Fox. Two very different but equally competent commanders. I'm sure they both had massive mutual respect for one another.
Who is the wolf and who is the fox? Fabius = Fox and Hannibal = Wolf?
great work. cannot wait for the rest of the second punic war.
Not even started the video yet but liked and comment because I know its gonna be quality, thank you guys for teaching history in such an intuitive and engaging way!
Much appreciated!
@@HistoryMarche Have absolutely loved watching these and learning about Hannibal and 2nd Punic war, such well made videos :). When’s the next part due?
It was almost infuriating to watch this episode lol, Carthage didnt deserved Hannibal
The first time I watched this I almost cried. Carthage indeed didn’t deserve Hannibal.
rome deserved Hannibal, they would give EVERYTHING to this guys
@@afonsoferreira2652 If Hannibal was a Roman Africa would have been named after him.
@@lapizlazuli9304 absolutely. Amazing général I had NOOO idea he was sooo good and cleaver.
Yes but what happened to hano || after this. I hope he died in horrific conditions.
The Hannibal series deserves a formal award and recognition for its brilliance
Hannibal reminds me the Napoleon against coalition forces. One can easily find the similarity since both men invaded Italy bu crossing the Alps and surprised their enemy counterparts. Another one is that as Roman army avoided confrontation with Hannibal and attack his allies, Coalition forces also only attacked Napoleon's marshalls and avoided confrontation with French army if he is commanding the troops.
Talk about a Fantastic way to start the weekend with the continuation of this amazing series!
Have a great weekend.
@@HistoryMarche 😱😱 I am not worthy of your acknowledgment. Rome is in your debt. ❤️❤️
Have the Romans learned their lesson? Will Hannibal decisively defeat Rome? Find out next time on, Hannibal B!
yoo napoleon, big fans..
if i didn't know the end i would have say it's been a while that Rome is Doom, they are reduce to enrole slave and teenager, they losed half of their land, their ally are defecting, their economy is on the limit and Carthage is gaining new ally and enroling a lot more troups
@@gizel4376 I'm gonna spoil the series for you: Macedon later joins the war on Rome And Carthage wins some victories in Spain So yeah Rome is pretty much done, Carthage is gonna win at the end of the show
@@totalwartimelapses6359 u forgot the part where 500 Romans under Scipio captures Carthago Nova and destroys the core Carthaginian Army in Spain almost as bad as cannae one but from Carthaginian perspective The Scipio takes 4 legions to Africa where he allies with one fraction of the numindian kingdom then his 23,000 men finally defeats 45,000 strong Hannibal's troops Finally the war ends
@@raidang Come on man we're doing a bit here, you didn't have to ruin it Yes duh Rome ends up crushing Carthage, I know every detail of this war
Finally, another Hannibal episode!
You guys really need to finish this series, it's one of the best on the channel.
This is just an amazing series. A standing ovation to the @HistoryMarche Team. When will Episode 19 come out? It is hard to wait for new episodes after just having finished a marathon of 18 episodes in one day.
Part 19 very soon.
@@HistoryMarche I am literally following this series like people were following Game of Thrones at its peak. And there are many like me!
@@HistoryMarche I am literally following this series like people were following Game of Thrones at its peak. And there are many like me!
@@HistoryMarche you said that 4 months ago
@@HistoryMarche could you share your definition of “very soon”? Because in general meaning it would be let say few hours. Ok, in KZhead reality few days, even a week. But another month? Come on guys… you want people to beg?
We need part 19 of this series!!!
Working on it
@@HistoryMarche awsome! Looking forward to it ❤️
Please continue this series!
Where is new Hannibal episodes? We NEED them!
Working on part 19. It's coming along, shouldn't be much longer.
Yay!
Love this series....would be great to see a netflix series based off HistoryMarche of Hannibal
Yess thank you
We need Episode #19 ASAP !!
Glorious, i was waiting for this series to continue
i can't believe that i was watch this Hannibal series from part 1 to 18 in a day, what a great story, great narrator, i will be waiting this series to the end. Thanks to all HistoryMarche's crew for all great job.
I have really been looking forward to the continuation of this series of yours on the Second Punic War. You do a fantastic job. Thanks.
I watch these over and over etc. With nearly thirty years of interest in Roman warfare I just want more and more. Your excellent channel makes this possible. And me happy. Thank you.
The entire Hannibal series is just outstanding and so well put together. 👍🏽
I like that the Romans finally learned caution and scouting are important against good generals
Thank you very much Historymarche, I have seen the second punic war many times from you and not once i did bored from it, Thank you to show us this important stage of History
Another Hannibal Video ,My Favourite series, Thank you so Much !!!
More to come!
@@HistoryMarche when is the next Hannibal video gonna get released!? I’m so keen for it hahaha
@@HistoryMarche we are still waiting since 7 months ago
Can't wait for Zama! Also this is probably the best series on the 2nd punic war I've seen on youtube to date. Keep up the awesome work guys!
I finished this series in only 2 days and I love it. I hope you will continue the history. This channel is gold! Thank you.
Bloody brilliant series! Thanks to everyone involved.
Amazing work guys, I love these can’t wait for episode 19? Really keen to see how this ends, has had me on the edge of my seat and I’ve been learning a lot with it aswell. Just wanna say a massive thank you. It’s really fun and intresting.
Finally more parts for Hannibal.Great work.Keep them going 👌👌
I wish that learning History was like this in High School. This is better than anything on TV.
Just found this channel. Been binge watching this series all Christmas holidays! Keep it going its really good! Particularly this series on 2nd punic war! Thanks so much
Amazing work. I sniffled two or three times when I reached this episode and realized the series wasn't finished yet. My hats to you. Do you still plan to finish this series? I'll give you all the thumbs and commentary support I can. You're a creator of real content, not merely superficial modern time-sink fluffery.
Wish these were longer.. hate having to wait a month for the next.. I do appreciate the work you guys put into these regardless. I'm just rather anxious to see more 😁
you guys are doing such an amazing job explaining everything down to minor details, im enjoying your work so much. please continue and finish this.
this is best series on history I have watched. The narration and factual info go hand in hand so well
what happened next ?? so excited to see part 19 - 20 -etc till the end .please continue this story
Working on it.
Yes!!
But when?
@@HistoryMarche 9 months has passed
More Hannibal stories to watch!Amazing video as always!Keep up the good work!
More to come!
Man, this series is some of the best content I've watched in a long time.... simply masterful storytelling. The level of detail is so satisfying for us history nerds!
Amazing work! I literally look forward to your videos and rewatch others on a regular basis. Super grateful for you
My favorite punic series is back! great work as always HM!
Glad you enjoy it! Awesome to see you here KHK
Still waiting for the rest!!!
found and all the episodes watched in one hit in an afternoon at the workshop....iv learnt so much today.. as said, a master piece !!
11:50 I don't know why but I always love that trumpet sound in your videos. I try to listen out for it whenever I'm watching. Kinda like a Wilheim scream. 🤣
i already watch this part 13 times still waiting for part 19
Was Hannibal the best general at maneuvering around his enemies to gain an advantage? Personally I feel like he is
Yes he was one of the best Generatrals in history they should teach more about him on school.
@@birdyhans2452 The fact who he was great is probably something who will not help to make the mediocre education system of "insert any country here" teach more about him. that is the sad true.
Pretty much what they did to the spartan during the first punic war. They got too afraid of his success and ran him off and lost the war
Great job! Your videos are outstanding by the thorough research of the historical context of the battles.
Eagerly waiting for the next episode!
Fantastic video! I can't wait for Part 19! ⚔⚔⚔
After lingering around on Netflix trying to find a documentary that isn't a miniserie about sex or some populistic topic, I found this channel and clicked on the first video on Hannibal and I'm hooked. The way both the prelude to campaigns and battles are narrated and without the skimming on the tactical analysis of the battles and also going over the political side of these conquests is just pure gold. In my toop 3 of war docu channels/sources togheter with kings and generals and epic history time.
Just signed up on Patreon--hope you make more of these. They're excellent! I've read a few books on Hannibal and never heard of some of these smaller engagements. The animations are fantastic, too.
سلسله حروب هانيبال افضل ما شاهدت حتى الان 🇮🇶♥️.
Baal Hammon be praised
May Jupiter preserve you!
These second Punic war series are awesome, big congrats and please, go ahead with it!
That's the best series ever made on the second Punic war, please continue!! :(
waited for this for a long time, thanks!
Hope you enjoyed it!
So excited for the next part!!!
Working on it.
@@HistoryMarche for 6 months? Come on
Absolutely perfect... visually and narrational.... excellent work
Hannibal: "Holy sh*t it seems my own people are getting jealous of me. FFS I NEED HELP." Xanthippus, a Spartan military advisor kicked out of Carthage for winning against the Romans in Punic War Round 1: "First time?"
Please continue
God, I feel like this series has been going on for years to the point I'm always like "is this a new one, have I seen this one yet?" I bet I've watched each episode 2 or 3 times as a result haha. I'm addicted. The quality is so good. I wish there would be more random facts at the end though ;) My favorite tidbit. I've never heard of building a siege tower defensively and a tower vs tower battle haha
Been waiting for this new part a lot, cant wait for what's coming next im so hyped. Keep with the amazing work
I want morrrrrrre. And I want this type of detail re: 3rd Punic war. No one else on KZhead has this level of detail to this portion of history. Thank you for sharing knowledge with the rest of us.
I read books on Hannibal’s campaign decades ago when I was a kid. I learned all the maneuvering and the battles. But I never really understood why. Why Hannibal moved across the Appenines from the eastern part of Italy to the west. Why he moved from Latium to Campania. Reading words on a page never gave me the complete picture. But with this series, seeing the animation and movement of armies, seeing how the geography of mountains and passes and fertile plains and fortified cities forced these commanders to move from point A to point B, getting the political contexts of why the home governments reinforced this theater instead of that theater, I am finally understanding why. I’m finally getting why the Romans were reinforcing Spain when Rome itself was being threatened, why they made a punitive move against Cisalpine Gaul and why they stopped after the disaster against the Boii. Why Hannibal never got significant reinforcements when with our hindsight of centuries and with our knowledge of his enemies intentions it seems quite clear that with a little more support he would have won. What this series has done for me is akin to me looking at a 2 dimensional object all this time, and History Marche came along and presented it in 3-D to me, and for that I will be eternally grateful.
I've been waiting!!!!
I always watch these videos at midday to take a break from work. Ty!
How is it over a year without more vids on this subject? By far the best series on Hannibal and the 2nd punic war and its a crime to only half ass something like this.
We waiting part 19
Love to see another Hannibal episode! Great video! I said it before and I will say it again. Hanno II is not my favorite Carthaginian.
yo i just binge watched everything up to this point........... this was epic so far. thank u
Working on part 19
@@HistoryMarche it took me a few minutes to realize that after I couldn't find part 19. It is so epic how you display the battles. I love the sleeping Carthage senator bit too.
Thank you for making these videos, I love them so much!!! David McCallion's v.o is top-notch!!!!!
OH YEA , HERE COMES THE MAN , THE MYTH , THE LEGEND HANNIBAL 🙌
Hanno II should be remembered as Hanno the grave digger. He dug his own and Carthage's graves
Man this is a suffering ! You're the best by far to describe this amazing period of history and my favorite general of all time ! I beg you to finish this before we all pass away hahaha ! Otherwise we'll have miss a little bit of heaven on earth !