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The battle of river Trebia was led by Hannibals men in Carthage and Tiberius Sempronius Longus in the Romans. Hannibal was greatly outnumbered by the roman forces.This was his strategy, he intimidated the Roman army with his Numidian mercenary cavalry, and the Romans fell for it. The Romans crossed the river and Hannibal sprung his trap. His best cavalry went out of the trees and attacked the Romans from the sides. The attack worked but the Romans were still fighting, so Hannibal sent his elephants to the Romans and then the Romans panicked and fled leaving the Roman army in dissaray and therefore killing Tiberius Sempronius Longus.
*Hannibal's Strategy was brilliant, to think that after a long climb across the Alps, in the middle of winter, he would still have enough energy to win a battle.
Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.
ReplyDeleteYour article is very well done, a good read.