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Essay heading: Hannibal Barca
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The Romans, literally chopped down at the rear, lost 46,000 men and 22,000 were captured. After this glorious victory, many Roman allies surrendered to Hannibal. The city of Capua became Hannibal's capital. "The successful commander was thirty years old when he entered Capua, seated on his last surviving elephant" (Lendering, 2)...
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"Unlike the Roman senate, which had not panicked when Rome was under attack by Hannibal, the Carthaginian government was disheartened and recalled Hannibal's still unconquered army from Italy" (Lendering, 3). After Hannibal arrived in Africa, he engaged Scipio's army in the last battle of the war. Hannibal attempted to repeat his Cannae tactics, but the Roman cavalry was too skilled...
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