General Hannibal was a man with great leadership abilities and a hunger to conquer the Roman Empire. He is considered both an ancient and a modern military genius.1 His father, Hamilcar, made Hannibal swear eternal hostility to Rome at a young age.2 Hannibal can be defined as "one of the great military leaders of antiquity who commanded the Carthaginian forces...".2

By 218 BC Carthage (Hannibals home town) had built a wealthy and powerful empire.3 That winter Hannibal was planning his attack on the Roman

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I can not jump to conclusions because I was not there to witness the war. Maybe, Hannibal did not want to take the extra time to build weapons that could overtake cities. Maybe, he thought he was just going to kill off the Romans by fighting them on battlefields. Maybe, Hannibal's mission was to kill off every Roman. Maybe, Hannibal did not want to conquer the small Roman Cities. Whatever the reason, he could have easily been the next Roman Emperor.

In September of 218 BC Hannibal was faced with crossing the Alps. What Hannibal did not know was he would run into a terrible winter-like storm. The storm made crossing the mountains difficult. Many men and elephants fell to their deaths. He also faced problems with the Allobroges and other Celtic groups.4 After crossing the

He probably could have used that time to make the essential weapon

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