Kaiser Wilhelm
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This one is pretty obvious, but how does this impact the wider Romanic War, and would it mean that Carthage doesn’t defeat Rome?
Hannibal would have some trouble overcoming the Romans, those buggers kept fighting to the end, but they were standing on their last leg even before Hasdrubal marched his army in. Still they can be defeated, but they may have a chance on fronts outside of Italy but that could be suicide
Well, Scipio was already in Iberia, he could be the final hope of the Republic
He had already defeated Hasdrubal's superior force, but if he hadn't been recalled to Italy, he could secure Iberia. The issues arise when he has to fight Hannibal, he is the greatest general of all time.
Yeah, the Romans tried to send a sortie from the city to relieve Scipio, but Hannibal's veteran rear guard reacted in time and were able to capture the gate, biggest backfire ever.Interesting....didn’t he actually nearly defeat Hannibal in the Siege of Rome, but Hasdrubal arrived just in time to save Hannibal and force Scipio to surrender?
Yeah, the Romans tried to send a sortie from the city to relieve Scipio, but Hannibal's veteran rear guard reacted in time and were able to capture the gate, biggest backfire ever.
Yeah, the Romans tried to send a sortie from the city to relieve Scipio, but Hannibal's veteran rear guard reacted in time and were able to capture the gate, biggest backfire ever.
The Romans never did appreciate the power of maneuver on the battlefield: exactly how many times did the Barcas use their Numidian cavalry's advantages on the open field to ride tactical circles around their bulky legionary squares? If they'd just stayed behind their walls they could have easily denied Hannibal the ability to operate in his tactical forte and exploited the main weakness of his mainly Gaulish infantry (Namely, their lack of armor), but their bull-headed obsession with not showing "cowardness" got them every time.
Rome was sacked the next day, but truth be told it was one the least eventful sacking in history, Hannibal just walked in, the people of the city just gave in, the only issue was getting the Senate to submit, the stubborn men stayed in there for weeks.The Romans never did appreciate the power of maneuver on the battlefield: exactly how many times did the Barcas use their Numidian cavalry's advantages on the open field to ride tactical circles around their bulky legionary squares? If they'd just stayed behind their walls they could have easily denied Hannibal the ability to operate in his tactical forte and exploited the main weakness of his mainly Gaulish infantry (Namely, their lack of armor), but their bull-headed obsession with not showing "cowardness" got them every time.
Rome was sacked the next day, but truth be told it was one the least eventful sacking in history, Hannibal just walked in, the people of the city just gave in, the only issue was getting the Senate to submit, the stubborn men stayed in there for weeks.
(OOC: I CAN work with this... but are you saying there was no looting? That's going to require quite a bit of juggling what with all his Gaulish tribes with a bone to pick at this point)
Rome was sacked the next day, but truth be told it was one the least eventful sacking in history, Hannibal just walked in, the people of the city just gave in, the only issue was getting the Senate to submit, the stubborn men stayed in there for weeks.
Hannibal himself described as the collective psyche of the Romans collapsed around their ears