When you’ve got 77,000 soldiers but no strategy… what could go wrong?
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… as Legionaries in their tens of thousands streamed forward to complete the rout of the fleeing Carthagians having punched straight through the enemy centre….
…. but the Legionaries soon found themselves between the column of Libyan infantry that moved against the pursuing troops
incredibly the Carthagian General has outwitted the Romans yet again … by carefully positioning his Libyans behind the front line and using the cloud of dust raised by fighting, Hannibal managed to conceal his best infantry from the enemy on an OPEN FIELD! ….
… luring the Greatest Army Rome has ever assembled into an ambush set in plain view , in an effect letting the Legions outflank themselves
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When you’ve got 77,000 soldiers but no strategy… what could go wrong?
… as Legionaries in their tens of thousands streamed forward to complete the rout of the fleeing Carthagians having punched straight through the enemy centre….
…. but the Legionaries soon found themselves between the column of Libyan infantry that moved against the pursuing troops
incredibly the Carthagian General has outwitted the Romans yet again … by carefully positioning his Libyans behind the front line and using the cloud of dust raised by fighting, Hannibal managed to conceal his best infantry from the enemy on an OPEN FIELD! ….
… luring the Greatest Army Rome has ever assembled into an ambush set in plain view , in an effect letting the Legions outflank themselves