The Real Story of Hannibal and His War Against Rome
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2023
- He was one of the greatest enemies the Romans ever faced. An excellent general and a larger-than-life figure, who led an army across the alps and dealt a series of crushing defeats upon the Romans on Italian soil. His achievements have become a thing of legend and his name has become immortalised. He was Hannibal Barca.
Hannibal rests amongst antiquity's greatest generals, but how did he rise to become such a stellar commander, leading his men to incredible victories against the then dominant powerhouse in the Mediterranean?
In this episode of 'Rise Of', Dr Louis Rawlings, Adrian Goldsworthy and Eve MacDonald explore the impressive ascent of the Carthaginian general to the status of one of the most famous military leaders in antiquity.
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I wish we had a HBO series on Hannibal.
He would be black and Scipio would be trans. 😂
@@Harib_Al-Saqexactly what I was gonna say. Instead of fighting for Carthage, he fought for free pronoun use.
@@Harib_Al-SaqHannibal would have looked more like a Tunisian or what someone from Lebanon would look like today. He would have been darker than a Roman but he wouldn’t have been black by any means.
No he wouldn't, the Leanese and Tunisian of today are practically Arabic.
I don' believe it would be very authentic seeing as to how the romans completely destroyed carthaginian culture.
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History channel version Hannibal is an alien.
With ALIEN ELEPHANTS teleporting across the Alps.
@@evansquilt
Or was it really the elephants who lead the Carthaginians to Rome? Perhaps it was an elephant society in which humans were enslaved in an ancient civilisation of intelligent elephants.
Amen, OP.
"We reviewed all the available literature and could couldn't find anything credible to suggest that aliens Weren't helping Hannibal cross the Alps."
Would definitely like a part 2 for this
This, please.
it's hard for me to believe they didn't make one the way it just abruptly ends before his full story is told., Maybe it says something even about it but I was only half paying attention... If there is it must be exclusively be through their service only. A service well worth getting actually for the price, especially if they added more content. The only reason I cancelled it was I had watched all the ancient history and prehistory programs and everything I was interested in. But check them out
Love watching documentaries like this. 💯👏I wish we have a series about Hannibal.
Historymarche has a 16 episode documentary series about the major battles he had with Rome
Yes as the "best" opponent to Rome he tends to get attention but only to a point. Mainly a lot of 1 or 2 hour documentaries but its mostly the same facts on repeat. There are some proper quality good ones on CZcams though if you don't mind doing some digging. A lot of it is mixed in with the topic of Rome of course
Incredible documentary!
The Rest is History are marvellous podcasts
MORE PLEASE!
The Real Story of Hannibal is far far longer, and this is just the first few opening chapters of the story. The Historymarche videos are worth a watch if anyone missed them.
I watched all 19 parts
Hannibal himself wrote down his story and his family's in Tarentum but that stone is now lost so we don't know. Polybius claims to have read it in his time. Maybe Vatican knows.
Love your content, I only wish you had MORE!! That applies to your doc streaming service itself but also more poignantly the second half of this topic!! haha It should be CRIMINAL to post only part of a story with no intention of adding the rest!!!. Bah-humbug!! 😄Why not make a matching series to these called "Fall Of" ?!
Oh well, for now at least one thing CZcams is not short on is other Hannibal docs I suppose. Great stuff!
Seriously though, elephants… in the freaking ALPS!! Why don’t we get a Witcher style show about Hannibal’s life? Do like 1 season being his childhood training and rise to power then the rest of it be in detail on how he royally fucked up the Romans for several years. I’d binge that all day!
Cause if it was like the Witcher TV show it would be shit
Actually elephants are well equipped for mountains due to their physiology.
Oh no ... they would never make a series where Rome got owned
Because he was from carthage - Tunisia and they will never show you how we were greater than Rome (west) despite Rome wasn't western but Mediterranean like carthage and athens
Very interesting
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0:41: 🐘 Hannibal, one of the greatest enemies the Romans ever faced, led an army across the Alps and achieved a series of crushing defeats upon the Romans on Italian soil.
5:06: 📚 Hannibal's early years were spent in North Africa, where he received an elite Carthaginian upbringing and education.
10:35: 📚 Hannibal takes over as the Carthaginian Commander in Spain and inherits a powerful army.
15:31: 🗡 Hannibal's plan is to march to Italy and fight the war in their Heartland, bludgeoning the Romans repeatedly to make them come to the negotiating table.
19:54: 🗺 Hannibal's Army prepares to control Spain and faces its first major test.
24:40: 🗡 Hannibal devises a plan to eliminate the Gallic threat by crossing the river and launching a surprise attack from behind.
29:44: 🗡 Hannibal's strategy was to detach the Romans from their allies and defeat them in Italy.
33:55: 🗻 Hannibal faces resistance from local tribes while marching through their lands in the Alps.
38:19: 🐘 Hannibal's epic march through the Alps and into Italy is a captivating story of bravery and strategic genius.
Recap by Tammy AI
One of the greatest Generals in History. But a combination of ambiguous strategy and a relentless enemy who would never give up, cause him to lose the war.
Hannibal failed to win over Rome’s Latin allies which meant that Rome would still have the largest manpower reserves in the known world. If he failed to win over those Latin states then there was no chance of winning against Rome.
omg spoilers
Carthage did not fully support him
Treason at home in Carthage was rather the cause the war was lost
He won many of the battles, but lost the war.
remember he was also fighting a faction of his own Govt.
Cannae: The Experience of Battle in The Second Punic War. First edition; Hardcover. One of my most treasured books. Such slaughter can only come from great tactical nous, great Generalship, and a deep hatred for the enemy. The death toll was staggering. The Barcids became too powerful, and Rome would never tolerate that.
well, Rome did what it always did: bribe vasalls / partners of their enemies to betray them. regarding hannibal's defeat this is exactly what Rome did with the Numidians which were the backbone of Hannibal's glorious tactics in Cannae and in general very important in his army. after that, the Romans fought Hannibal and were able to deploy / copy his Cannae tactics against him, executed by his former longterm allies which were experienced in that very tactics. without this light cavalry which was supposed to be the greatest of that time he was doomed.
Rome also captured and copied a Carthaginian / phoenician ship in the first punic war and equipped it with a thorn to hold enemy ships in place and enter them to turn the sea battles into infantry battles fought on the sea. That's how Rome won the 1st punic war. And before that, they copied everything from the Etruscans which were also betrayed and ambushed by Rome. :D just saying, Rome's greatest power was copying enemy stuff & tactics in a rather smart / improving way and betrayal.
Crossed the alps with elephants !!
😮 except that not that many made it over
"Hannibal, how exactly do you plan on taking Rome, the city?"
"Do what now?"
The Romans strenght is all their allies contributing huge armies. We turn the allies and Rome is done.
Part 2? Don’t leave us hanging!
I love it when a plan comes together.
This one would have benefited for Simon reading it.
It's a wonderful historical coverage video . about Carthaginian leader Hannibal to destroy Rome and given up that old competition between Carthaginian and Roman empire on Mediterranean sea....thank you (HistoryHit)channel and wonderful ( history Hit)network page
Now we need part two (occupying Italy) and part three (the return to Africa)... all very interesting in his story .
i remember hannibal for his partnership with barbara and the epic cartoons they produced!
i'd be worried about getting stuck in the mountains with a name like hannibal since if things go horribly i might be known as hannibal the cannibal to posterity
I’ve admired Hannibal since I first read about him when I was child, many decades ago. Admiration aside, I daydream about a time when any modern leaders who start a war, declared or undeclared, should be forced into single combat to the death. It would certainly save a lot of young lives and a great deal of suffering. Though given the age of many of them these days, they probably couldn’t lift a sword.
Imagination how large world population would be if not for all the wars, I'm not promoting war, but the world would be overwhelmed with people by now, which in itself would cause a world war
no entiendo
It's a bit odd to end the documentary on the note 'This is just the beginning', 'Let's not forget it wasn't about crossing the alps but fighting Rome',... and to not have a part two?😅
Ghandhi was instrumental in making India independent but he is not shown in the introduction along with other great historical personalities.
Did you mess up this video's title or just forget to cover the actual war?
Since Sagunto is clearly located south of the Ebro river, I don't understand why the Romans would interfere in this siege. The river marks the southern boundary of the Roman area of interest according to an earlier Roman-Carthaginian agreement.
"Aut inveniam viam aut faciam."
Oh God, that footage is from Scipio Africanus!
😢
Can we all just acknowledge that the phrase "... Hannibal crossed his Rubicon".... an event that wouldn't happen for almost 200 years! Maybe compare it to Alexander crossing the helispont? Seems more apt, as Alexander used similar justifications in Thrace, that he was helping allys, but once he crossed the helispont, it was on like donkey kong!
That bust statue of Hannibal looks like the actor Michael Caine during his prime.
It is odd that an enormous army with dozens of Elephants could travel such a difficult route and not leave obvious evidence a long the way. Broken equipment, men and animals who died a long the way, abandoned encampments, all sorts of things. Just strikes me as odd is all.
He's vengence! I watched oversimplified I know what's goin on :D :D
The Rome will surrender I know it.
still waiting for part 3.
...
Can I have head canon about history?
Scipio kicked his and his brother's asses. All his shenanigans got was the eventual annihilation of Carthage.
His family name "Barca" بارقا
Lightning 🌩
Hanibal - according to my very unreliable sources - used elephants because he could not get enough du ducks over the alps.
Like Will Cuppy said, vinegar was used to break rocks in 218 BC, never before and never after, lmao . Kind of ridiculous that they entertain this idea here and also what’s the deal with the elephants!? it was mentioned like a million times and Hannibal didn’t even use the elephants in battle. A rather simplistic approach I would say in general to the whole campaign e.g. “the carthaginians went into the second Punic war to get revenge on the romans” Although in general it is probably a good resource to get people interested in Hannibal’s figure and this period of history. The info about the passes taken in the Alps was good though.
He seemed like a nice man.
Delenda Est Carthago
Bigot!
I approve of this video
weren't the people from the ebro area iberians and not celt-iberians ? like ilergetes? Also, i don't remember any greek colonies in that area ? there was a greek colony i think but it was far lower, Hemeroskopeion
Can’t believe Hollywood hasn’t made a MEGA Budget movie about this yet!!!!!:/
But, the way things are going in Hollyweird, they’re bound to screw it up!!!!!!:/:/:/
If Hannibal was the greatest General in History then why didn't he sack Rome and end the war?
He didn’t have enough manpower to lay siege to a city as big as Rome, and because the Latin states stayed loyal to Rome they still had far more manpower than he did. He would’ve found his army between the city to his front and another Roman army behind him, a hammer and an anvil.
@@jmwilliamsart No he defeated the Romans at Cannae and his Generals surged him to sack Rome but instead he plundered Italy for 16 years. He should have taken Rome and that was his downfall as Carthage was sacked by the Romans and burned to the ground! Delenda est Carthago!
@@jmwilliamsart He could've took a leaf out of Alexander and captured the major port cities in Rome thus depriving the Roman fleet an effective base of supplies and operations. This in turn would mean that the Carthaginian navy could now transport reinforcements across the Mediterranean unopposed.
Pyrrhus didn't write down his tactics or memories. how on earth he read them? Pyrrhus lost his wars and died in one.
"Hannibal ad portas"
weasle hasn't made a vid without saying goat
Carthage Immortalized ❤ Carthage today is Tunisia, and the ruins still exist. 🇹🇳
Why didn’t Hannibal March his army sooner so that they would’ve arrived and crossed the Alps before the Autumn when their is serious snow fall? His crossing wasn’t a total success considering that he lost most of his elephants and half of his army in the process. I don’t think that either Alexander or Caesar ever lost half of their army even as they overcame natural obstacles? A responsible (modern) general is taught to preserve the army, not to lose half of it before going into battle.
If I remember correctly, and it’s been a long time since I studied Hannibal, there were problems which arose, particularly in gathering all his legions. As a result he entered the Alps later than he intended, hence the losses. He could have waited out the winter but that would have given Roman extra time to prepare. In reality in many premodern wars, there were huge losses in moving armies any large distance.
Alexander did lost big number of his troops while crossing Gedrosian desert
Planet of the Elephants perhaps 👁
One man's arrogance led to a downfall of an empire....
What if the scriptural tribe of Cain are indirectly challenging Rome in the ancient until now.
Drunk words are sober thoughts.
This guy was a Boss.
But he was tanned
That statue is NOT General Hannibal Barca 😂😂😂😂
Why didn’t the Carthaginians try landing a large army (with their navy) in Italy to fight the Romans during the First Punic War? I mean if they had such a powerful navy back then why didn’t they try that like the U.S. did during the 2nd World War when we carried our army to fight in Europe? If Hannibal did it by land then why didn’t the Carthaginians try doing by sea all those years ago?
Their Navy got weak and Destroyed by Rome during the First Punic Wars! Also, Rome copied Carthiginian vessels n used iy against them.
@@ccptube3468I meant why didn’t they try it early in the war when their navy was still strong? It seems to me that the Carthaginians missed an opportunity to deal a more serious blow to Rome when they didn’t get the Greek (southern Italy) cities and the northern Gauls to come to their side during the first Punic war, what do you think?
@@jmwilliamsart - Carthage was a trading nation, not a war nation. They tried to keep the Romans at arms length. It would be easy to say why didn't they go to war sooner. In fact, the plan was that a whole bunch of ships were to meet up with Hannibal North of Rome. But after another naval battle failed, they didn't have the ships to support him, and those they did send turned back without meeting up.
Had they taken the naval route they would have faced not only the Roman Navy, but also those of various Roman allies. As it happened Rome was in the process of conquering Gaul. (Lots of battles, etc.) The region through which Hannibal had to pass to get to the Alps was a mix of tribes who were affiliated with the Romans and those who loathed them. He received guides, food and supplies as well, from those who loathed Rome and were delighted Hannibal was invading Italy. The crossing was brutal, though we don’t know as much about his movements in the Alps as those prior to beginning the ascent. On the descent a tribal ally betrayed him, a battle ensued, which he won, but cost more him troops and supplies. He may have made mistakes, though I don’t think the Alps was one of them, but he was quite brilliant as a military leader, quick thinking, and managed to usually turn them around.
@@jmwilliamsartI agree.
There are many fallacies and distortions that Rome deliberately made to create a bad image of Carthage, while the Greeks wrote objectively about the history of Carthage and their fascination with it. Among the distortions are claims of killing children and offering them as sacrifices. When you read what was written about Carthage from the point of view of other historians, you realize that these distortions are illogical. Aristotle wrote about Carthage in his book "On Politics" and expressed his admiration for it as a just country. It is also believed that Plato's book about the virtuous city may have been derived from his image or perception of Carthage.
It is noteworthy that Carthage was the first civilization to abolish slavery and consider everyone citizens, the first civilization to establish a Senate (parliament), the first civilization to invent coins, and the first civilization to establish a constitution and laws. Magon is also considered the first agricultural engineer and the first to write about agriculture and compile an encyclopedia on the subject. Additionally, it is noteworthy that the Carthaginians were the first to discover the Americas before Columbus.
Carthage had maritime, commercial, and agricultural power, in addition to excellence in crafts, ceramics, and the arts. The mosaics were delicate and exquisite. Carthaginian mosaics were seized by Rome after their overthrow. Iron machines used to steal the mosaics are still found in museums to this day.
After the fall of Carthage, the Romans took Magon's agricultural book as spoils and used it to develop agriculture in Rome, which was suffering from hunger at that time. All the seeds, including lemons, olives, and wheat, were transported to Rome, and agriculture developed thanks to Carthage. Rome intended to make Carthaginian agricultural lands a source of its agricultural needs, and Carthage was called the granary of Rome.
It has recently been discovered that the origin of macaroni is Tunisian-Carthaginian. The Carthaginians had a pasta resembling spaghetti but in smaller sizes, made from durum wheat, which was available in Carthage but not in Rome. After the overthrow of Carthage, the Romans learned and developed pasta making.
Modern historians reveal many secrets about the great Carthage, and I feel very proud of this. Carthage Tunisia 🇹🇳❤
The human cost of all this ambition-driven slaughter is incalculable. Hannibal may have been a great general but he was, like all war-makers, an inadequate human being.
Too bad he forgot siege equipment. Guess dumbo was more important
One man's obsession against Rome, because his father swore him to never ally with them?
Were those African elephants, used in war? - never thought African elephants were domesticated, as were, and are till this day, in Asia. Granted that Asian elephants are smaller, and perhaps domesticated throughout history, one never heard of latter day civilizations in Europe/North Africa using them, even as beasts of burden...
Africans have lived on the same continent with elephants since the beginning of humanity elephants probably were domesticated to some sort 10s of thousands of years before this
The biggest strength of the Roman army was their formation. You break their formation with an elephant attack, they can't implement their strategies. Plus the Fear factor - the Roman Legionaries must have been terrified to see those elephants on the battlefield.
“Dad! Not in front of the enemy!” (Like if you know what I’m talking about).
hmmm, Netflix portrayed Hannibal as Sub Saharan black, I dont know who to believe 🤔
YOU JUST ADMITTED TO A LOW IQ. ANCIENT AFRICA WAS BLACK
He was tanned
Why dont you look it up. Lies are definitely being told or truth is being denied bc they don’t like the truth. If you study, you will see what the truth is.
@@matiusbond6052 'ANCIENT AFRICA WAS BLACK' - No, it wasn't. Africa was always diverse continent. Hannibal was descdendant of Semitic and Berbers - neither are Black.
@@BongDiggidee MAIN STREAN MEDIA WHITEWASHING IS NOT TRUE HISTORY!!!! ANCIENT FACTUAL HISTORY IS TRUE AND ACCURATE
Eurocentric madness
Roma destroyed Carthage..Now you poisoning the water of his memory .
Why do these depictions make him look so white/European?
North Africans have a light tanned skin which wouldn't seem too far away from what Spanish and Romans and Greeks looked like. You could say it is for the same reason as Jesus is shown as a white man. Images we used to depict figures were drawn 1000s of years later by European and western white folk.
Don't you know that all people from history are white no matter where they came from 😉
@@Hellbillyhok666 Most _'people from history'_ were White, just like they will be in the _history_ of the future.
_History_ and _the past_ are two separate concepts.
I have enjoyed all of these answers. LOL!
@@John.Flower.Productions oh I get that mate , im just havin a wee laugh as an old(ish) milky white Scotsman who grew up lookin at a white jesus in our kirk, it wasnt until i got a wee bit older and seen folk from the middle eastern parts of the world I started to wonder how a white scottish guy called jesus managed to find himself in a country full of tanned folk, it was a bit of an enigma until I had my wee epiphany about it all lol 😉
Why does Hannibal look so European or Mediterranean in all the depictions of him in this??
these videos were made by Europeans
Carthaginians society was a mix between Phoenicians and Berber. They might not have been white Europeans, but Berbers have light skin.
But he was tanned
Because he WAS Mediterranean 🧔🏽? 😂😂😂😂🤦🏻♂ Why people cannot think anymore? 🤦🏻♂
@@icemanire5467 THERE ARE VIDEOS SHOWING THE BLACK [PHENICIANS AND BLACK BERBERS BOTH ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THOSE LANDS
Now to be played by Denzel Washington.
Dani trejo
Fake History you would have LOVED~CATO 😂😂😂😂😂
Just kinda hurts when seeing the general image the only black figures folk got to look up to turned white like.. truth and details make vivid
That idiocy about Hannibal being black is some recent afrocentric bs.
Hannibal wasn't black.
Go read a History book.
And Was Not An African 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
For real Hannibal Baca was a white boy this is a jack right 😂😂🖤🖤🖤🖤🇪🇹
None claim he was white. He was brown.🧔🏽
Hannibal was BLACK!!! Quit trying to whiten him up😂😂
One of the top 3 generals in history imho, equal with Caesar
That does not leave much room for Alexander, Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson.
Hannibal was a reckless leader who passed up numerous opportunities to win the war.
Stop tell lies he I s a black man .not a white man. You guys suppose to be historian. Catiage is Africa tell the truth
I suppose Charlize Theron is Black then, as she is African 😂😂😂😂