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Category Archives: Punic War
What You Can Learn From Hannibal
1. Take the initiative, keep the initiative. This gave Hannibal a tremendous advantage. His enemy had constantly to try to guess his intention and defend himself against several alternative attacks. The enemy Roman consul was forever on the defensive, waiting, … Continue reading
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Tagged famous generals, how to win, Quintus Fabius Maximus, strategy
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Hannibal and Fabius
The Romans were all soldiers and their effectiveness out in the field depended on their discipline. You often meet an enemy with a lot of spirit and bluster. The Gauls would stand up to a Roman maniple with the courage … Continue reading
The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 3)
The Carthaginians were right: it took time to train sailors and oarsmen and Rome didn’t have time. But that wasn’t the first problem Rome ever had. Rome had been having problems for five hundred years. They believed problems could all … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Carthage, naval warfare, Punic War, quinquereme, Romans, sailors, shipbuilding, soldiers, warfare
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The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 2)
It wasn’t the Carthaginians that seized Messana. It was a bunch of silly mercenaries. Topography of Sicily (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license photo by Zamonin) Messana is in Sicily. And just down the island is the city of … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, ancient history, Carthage, history, Italy, Messana, Polybius, quinquereme, Rome, sailors, ship, shipbuilding, soldiers, warship
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The Crow: or the First Punic War (Part 1)
What if you are a great army but your enemy is a great navy? You know how to march with fine discipline over hill and dale. You pitch a dandy camp, a real fortress with high walls and a ditch, … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, Carthage, corvus, First Punic War, Messana Staits, naval warfare, Romans, sailors, ships, Sicily, soldiers, the Crow, warfare
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