Western Civilization I / Unit 6 WC1 0509 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hannibal in Italy: Cannae, Fabius, and No Surrender
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The idea
Hannibal crossed the Alps in two eighteen with the anchor's sixty thousand men and never lost a battle in Italy. At Cannae in two sixteen, a witness name, his smaller army enveloped Rome's. Fabius Maximus, dictator, answered with delay.
In practice
No siege train; the south did not defect; Rome never surrendered.
Where people slip
Hannibal won every battle and lost the war. Learn why.
Your place on the trail
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