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- [Narrator] After the
gigantic battle at Cape Ecnomus

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the Romans were now free
to land on African soil,

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and so they did.

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The Carthaginians chose to focus on

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defending the city of Carthage itself.

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So the Romans immediately
took the city of Aspis

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and were then free to raid
and plunder the countryside.

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They took over 20,000
slaves and a ton of booty

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but then some orders
arrived from the Senate.

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Send home the booty.

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D'oh!

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But I want to stay.

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No, Steve not you.

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They mean the treasure.

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Well, we are not watching
anymore this filth.

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- [Kids] Aww.

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- [Narrator] So the other
consul left with the booty,

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leaving Regulus and his
forces on their own,

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and they began advancing towards Carthage.

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Along the way, according to
the ancient writer, Livy,

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they encountered a literal dragon.

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Now Livy was a Roman historian,

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so his account may be
slightly exaggerated.

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But this, I believe.

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As the Romans continued to plunder,

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the Carthaginian people
flooded into the city.

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Now, not only was it in a major panic,

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but it was so crowded, the
people began to starve.

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Don't panic, everyone.

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Look, I know you're all starving

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but I still have food for me.

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So, you know, it's not all bad.

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(crowd boos)

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Whoa, you're wasting your tomatoes

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and you idiots wonder why you're starving?

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Oh, well it's just more food for me.

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(emperor makes chewing sounds)

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Things weren't looking good for Carthage.

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They had to do something
to stop the Romans

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rampaging throughout their land.

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So they decided, finally, it
was time to put an end to it.

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They headed out and set
up on rough, hilly terrain

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overlooking the Roman camp

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and they prepared for battle.

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Now, while the Carthaginians were the

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traditional masters of the sea, on land,

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they weren't always the brightest.

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Case in point, setting up in this position

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overlooking the Roman camp was just about

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the stupidest thing they could have done.

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Why?

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Well, there's something you
gotta understand about Carthage.

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The Carthaginian land
forces actually suffered

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from a multitude of different issues.

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First of all, since the Carthaginians were

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rich, rich, rich, they could afford to pay

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a huge number of foreign
mercenaries to fight for them.

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These mercenaries actually
made up the vast majority

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of Carthage's forces and therefore

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Carthage's land armies were a melting pot

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of many different cultures.

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This, however, meant
that if a battle wasn't

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going their way, there
could be loyalty issues.

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Man, I ain't getting paid enough for this.

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You Balearic slingers better not be

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thinking of running away.

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What did he say?

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I don't know, man.

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I don't speak Venetian.

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Let's get outta here.

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Clearly, there were also language issues.

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The military generals
tended to be Carthaginian

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but they made a lot of strange decisions.

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For example, one of the most feared assets

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of the Carthaginian army
were the war elephants.

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To a Roman soldier who had never even

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seen an elephant before, this was like

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fist fighting a literal monster.

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Yet the Carthaginians
continually kept placing

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the elephants in the rear
where they were no use.

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In a similar fashion,
the neighboring region

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of Numidia provided Carthage with

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the most skilled cavalry men in the world.

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But the Carthaginians often chose to fight

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on rough, uneven terrain where horses

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and elephants were less effective.

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And so in this case,
when the Carthaginians

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again chose the rough
terrain near the Roman camp,

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the Romans easily sent them packing.

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Wow, Regulus.

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We're mere miles from Carthage.

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You sure are amazing.

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Yes, Steve.

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I know.

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(Steve sighs)

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Steve, what's the matter?

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We've almost won.

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I just wish I could be
as great as you Regulus.

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Steve, you're amazing.

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I mean, look at this thing.

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It's unbelievable.

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I know, but I mean like at war stuff.

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I'm such a noob, my tanks
always get blown up.

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I can't even fly an aircraft straight.

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Tanks, aircraft?

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Mow, where were we?

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Oh yeah, invading Africa,
getting some booty

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and sending the Carthaginians packing.

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Everything was looking up for Regulus.

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A Roman victory seemed like
it was only a matter of time,

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but then Regulus realized something.

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He had been consul for
almost a year and his term

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was coming to an end.

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He knew that if his successor took over

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and he finished the job, then he would get

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the naked statues, not Regulus,

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and there was no way Regulus
was going to allow that.

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So he jumped the gun.

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You there, Carthaginian boy.

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I want you to deliver a
message to your elders.

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I Marcus Atilius Regulus, demand the total

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and unconditional surrender of Carthage.

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Unconditional surrender?

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Geez, at least lay siege and
starve us all to death first.

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Just deliver the message, punk.

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He demands your total surrender.

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What?

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Geez at least lay siege and
starve us all to death first.

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Hey, that's what I said.

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Well, boys, this Roman thinks we're out,

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but we're not out, are we boys?

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No.

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We'll do what we always
do in times like this.

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Hire somebody else to
solve our problems for us.

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Darren, bring in the Spartan.

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(dramatic musical trill)

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Regulus' overly harsh demands had had the

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unintended effect of reinvigorating
Carthaginian resolve.

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They brought in a mercenary
from the famed land of Sparta

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named Xanthippus to help dig
them out of this situation.

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And we all know what Spartans are like.

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(crowd cheers)

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Xanthippus showed up and
immediately took charge.

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He had a look around and said, you idiots.

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Put the elephants in front of the army

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so they can smash into the Romans and

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stop fighting on rough, uneven terrain.

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Find a big, flat field
so your superior cavalry

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can do their job.

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And what's this I hear
about you giving a speech,

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telling everyone they're gonna die?

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Hey, I was just telling
the people the truth.

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You're a politician.

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Lie to the people.

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(crowd gasps in agreement)

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And so Xanthippus led
out the newly reformed

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Carthaginian army to meet Regulus

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in the battle of the Bagradas River.

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The elephants, now in the front,

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smashed into the Roman
lines, causing disarray.

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The cavalry, with total
freedom of movement,

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out flanked the Roman infantry.

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Thanks to this impressive Spartan,

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the battle was a total
Carthaginian victory.

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And Xanthippus, for his stunning victory,

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was forced to flee Carthage

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because the leadership got jealous.

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Regulus, the Roman consul was
captured during the battle.

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Legend has it, he was brought before the

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Carthaginian council and
they made a proposition.

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Well, Reggie, not looking
so good anymore is it?

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Looks like we beat you pretty bad, huh?

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(spitting noise)

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Up yours, your Punic pansies.

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Now, now Regulus, nobody
likes a sore loser, do they?

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No.

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How about this?

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We're gonna send you back to Rome

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and you convince the Roman
Senate to surrender to us.

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If you fail though, you gotta come back

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so we can torture you to death, okay?

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Okay.

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You promise?

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I promise.

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Hey guys.

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Whoa, Regulus.

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We thought you got captured.

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I did.

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But they sent me back to
convince you to surrender.

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Well, should we surrender?

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No, never surrender.

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Give them hell, boys.

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They're at the end of their rope.

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Anyway, I gotta go be
tortured to death now.

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What?

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Yep. Part of a deal I made.

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It's a long story.

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Oh, Hey wait, Regulus.

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No, no, it's cool guys, I promised.

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Regulus, this is ancient times.

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We massacre entire populations.

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We chop pets in half.

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You can break a promise.

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No, Tim!

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You never break a promise.

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That's too far.

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And so Regulus went back to Carthage

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and was tortured to death.

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And for keeping his
promise, he was immortalized

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as the leading symbol of Roman virtue.

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Meanwhile, after their defeat in Africa,

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the remaining Roman
survivors, still in Africa,

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were still in Africa and
they needed to be rescued.

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So the Romans sent their
fleet to pick 'em up

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and bring 'em home.

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They successfully fended
off a Carthaginian fleet,

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grabbed the survivors and
made their way to Sicily.

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A great success.

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But then things took a turn for the worse.

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Sir, that cloud looks kind of angry.

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Fear not, coward.

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If we Romans can build
a war fleet from scratch

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and defeat the Carthaginian
empire at their own game,

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why then, even mother nature
herself will crumble before us.

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I laugh in the face of mother nature.

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Haha.

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See?

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Come on guys, laugh at
mother nature with me.

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Ha ha!

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(all laugh)

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(thunder crashes)

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(soldiers screaming)

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284 ships, nearly 80% of the
Roman fleet, was destroyed.

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As many as a hundred thousand men drowned

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in a terrifying act of nature.

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Never before had Rome lost so many men

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in a single incident.

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A hundred thousand casualties
for any other nation

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would be crippling.

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Any other nation would
hastily sue for peace.

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Any other nation would spend
decades trying to recover.

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But Rome was not just any other nation.

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Infamous for its unrelenting determination

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in the face of overwhelming odds,

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Rome said, well, I guess we'll just

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have to build another fleet.

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And they did.

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In just three months,
they built 220 more ships,

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an astonishing feat.

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The Romans sent out
their brand spanking new

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war fleet and they got
caught in another storm.

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This time a whole 'nother fleet was lost

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and still the Romans did not give up.

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The Carthaginians couldn't believe it.

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Their enemy had just lost
hundreds of thousands of men,

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had two fleets almost entirely destroyed

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and they still wouldn't surrender.

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As one Roman poet put it,
the victor is not victorious

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if the vanquished does
not consider himself so.

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In typical Roman fashion,
after a short break,

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they were once again
building another fleet.

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However, for now, after
all the disasters at sea,

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the focus began shifting back to the

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land campaign in Sicily.

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The Carthaginians, overconfident
from recent successes,

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attempted to retake Panormus,

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but the Romans countered
the terrifying war elephants

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by throwing stuff at them
and scaring them away.

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Having stopped the Carthaginian advance,

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the road was now open to the final

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Carthaginian stronghold
on the island, Lilybaeum.

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Lilybaeum was an extremely
well fortified city.

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In 250 BC, the Romans laid siege.

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The Carthaginian defense
however, was fierce

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and skilled blockade runners
kept the city supplied.

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Progress was so slow
that the siege would last

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another nine years.

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To make matters worse, the Carthaginians

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later sent possibly the
greatest military general

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of the time, a man named
Hamilcar Barca, to the island.

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He engaged in a skillful
campaign of guerrilla warfare

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behind enemy lines and for
the remainder of the war

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he was a major thorn in the Roman's side.

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For now, with the deadlocked
siege at Lilybaeum

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and the new Roman fleet at sea,

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things seem to be at a standstill

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and the Romans had to do
something to break the deadlock.

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Thankfully, the Roman consul,
Clodius Pulcher, had an idea.

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He tried to get things moving by attacking

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the Carthaginian fleet at Drepana.

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Now before a battle, to
predict if they would win,

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it was common for the Romans to look

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for signs from the gods.

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This could mean observing the weather

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or inspecting some cow livers, you know,

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typical religion stuff.

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In this case, Pulcher reportedly tried to

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feed some sacred chickens,

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but unfortunately for him
they wouldn't eat a crumb.

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A very bad sign.

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Well, he said if they won't
eat, then let them drink.

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Stupid chickens.

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We'll observe the weather instead.

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Gods, give me a sign.

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(thunder crashes)

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Ignore that.

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Okay, how about this?

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If I can get this piece of paper

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into that trash basket, we'll win.

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Okay, if I can stand here silently

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for five seconds and
do nothing, we'll win.

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(Pulcher farts)

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Ah, dagnammit.

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Pulcher chose to ignore
the signs from the gods

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and in the following battle,
the superior Carthaginians

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tore them to shreds.

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It also didn't help that
by now the Romans had

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removed the Corvus to
stabilize their ships

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and without their secret
weapon, it was a disaster

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and Pulcher was disgraced.

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To make matters worse, the
victorious Carthaginian fleet

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then went on to intercept
a Roman supply fleet

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on its way to Lilybaeum.

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As they approached,
however, they saw the signs

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of an incoming storm,
so they took shelter.

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The Romans on the other hand
said, onward men, set sail.

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We've gotta deliver these supplies stat.

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But sir, those clouds.

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Don't you think we ought to
have learned our lesson by now?

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Yes, Brian, we ought to
have, but we haven't.

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Another fleet and 50,000
men lost in another storm.

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Disaster.

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Now at this point there still
really isn't a clear winner.

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Sure, the Romans have
captured most of Sicily

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and cornered the Carthaginian
land forces at Lilybaeum.

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But the continued disasters at sea were

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critically depleting their resources.

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And without a strong
fleet, Rome could not win.

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Meanwhile, Hamilcar Barca
was still knocking about

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and creating even more problems.

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So where do we go from here?

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How does this war finally end?

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By now, the two sides had
been fighting for 23 years.

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They were exhausted.

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Their money, their
resources, their strength

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were all utterly spent.

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The Carthaginians, in
particular, were eager to see

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the war end so they could get back to

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trading and making money.

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So after the latest Roman disaster at sea,

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they said, look, there
ain't no way in heck

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the Romans can come back again.

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They can't possibly afford
to build another fleet.

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They're done.

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That's it.

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Recall the Navy, repurpose
them as merchant ships

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and let's get back to making some money.

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(crowd cheers)

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Assuming the Romans would soon make peace,

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an anti-war faction within the government

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recalled a large portion of the Navy,

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leaving Hamilcar on his own.

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The victors appeared to be
declaring themselves victorious.

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Meanwhile, the vanquished
we're getting ready

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for round five.

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The Romans built another fleet.

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This time heavily relying
on patriotic donations

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from the upper classes to afford it.

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And once again they put to sea.

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Sir, the Romans have built another fleet.

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Oh, for goodness sake, Clarence.

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Can't you see I'm busy rolling around

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in this pile of money?

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But sir.

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I don't care anymore, Clarence.

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I just don't care.

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The Carthaginian politicians made a

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fairly lackluster final effort

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with a poorly built fleet to
supply their forces in Sicily.

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But when the brand new
Roman fleet caught them

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at the battle of the
Aegates, even without their

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signature Corvus, they
dealt them the final blow.

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And that was that.

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23 years of war.

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Neither side could
afford to keep fighting.

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But the Romans showed that
they intended to anyway.

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The Carthaginians had no choice,
but to throw in the towel.

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The war had been long
and hard for both sides

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but in the end it was Roman determination

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that won the fight.

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The Romans had spent the entire war

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trying to find a way to
deliver the knockout blow.

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They learned how to build a fleet

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and engage in Naval combat.

00:18:04.829 --> 00:18:08.220
They developed ingenious,
new ways of waging war.

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They attempted an invasion
of the Carthaginian heartland

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and whenever disasters struck them,

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they always came back again, and again.

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The Carthaginians, on the other hand,

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spent the entire war
watching whatever Rome did

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and then figuring out how to respond.

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They were much more passive.

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And so it's no wonder then,

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that when both sides
were close to collapse

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Rome was the one who figured out how

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to go that little bit further.

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In 241 BC, the Carthaginian politicians

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sent word to Hamilcar Barca
that he was on his own

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and could choose to make peace
with the Romans if he wished.

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Hamilcar was stunned.

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He felt betrayed by the politicians.

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Some sources say he
refused to even negotiate.

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Nevertheless terms had to be drawn up.

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Well Hammy, I'm glad you Carthaginians

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have finally come to your senses and

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recognized who the true winner is.

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How many fleets did you lose?

00:19:04.529 --> 00:19:05.363
Blah, blah, blah.

00:19:05.363 --> 00:19:06.779
Okay, here are our terms.

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You leave Sicily to us and
return all of our prisoners.

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You're not allowed to
make war against Syracuse

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or her allies and you have to pay us

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2200 talents of silver
over the next 20 years.

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What's a talent of silver?

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Well, to put it in perspective,

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in the year 2022, that'll be worth around,

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let's say 40 million U.S. dollars.

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Ay caramba!

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That will cripple us.

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Wow, we got a real smart guy over here.

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Yeah, that's kind of
the point, you dingus.

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Ugh.

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I guess I have no choice.

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I accept.

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Great.

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Oh, by the way, we changed our minds.

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You actually have to pay us 3,200 talents

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.570
of silver over 10 years.

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Thanks for accepting.

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Dude!

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See you later.

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Hey, you didn't let me say uncool.

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He didn't let me say uncool.

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The treaty was extremely punishing,

00:19:51.869 --> 00:19:54.239
and by switching up the
terms at the last minute

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:56.700
they enraged the Carthaginians,

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:59.610
but still one of the longest and deadliest

00:19:59.609 --> 00:20:03.209
wars at the time was finally over.

00:20:03.210 --> 00:20:05.160
The Romans had won.

00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:07.920
They achieved their aim of gaining Sicily.

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.870
And even though it wasn't
part of the peace deal

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they took advantage of a weakened Carthage

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.970
and grabbed Corsica and Sardinia as well.

00:20:14.970 --> 00:20:19.589
Roman expansion beyond the
Italian peninsula had just begun.

00:20:19.589 --> 00:20:21.839
The Romans hoped that
now the Carthaginians

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would forever be under their thumb.

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.490
Unfortunately, the harsh terms they placed

00:20:26.490 --> 00:20:28.529
on the Carthaginians at the end of the war

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left a growing anger.

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One that would come back to haunt them.

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One day, Carthage will have its revenge.

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That's nice dear.

00:20:38.009 --> 00:20:39.269
I'm serious woman.

00:20:39.269 --> 00:20:43.500
Maybe not in my lifetime,
but perhaps in his.

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My beautiful son, you are
born into a momentous destiny.

00:20:50.670 --> 00:20:53.970
You shall be Rome's greatest enemy.

00:20:53.970 --> 00:20:56.519
You'll tear Rome limb from limb.

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:59.759
You'll burn their pathetic
city into the ground.

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:04.109
You'll slaughter their people,
men, women and children.

00:21:04.109 --> 00:21:09.109
My child, you are vengeance.

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:11.549
Stop telling our baby he's vengeance.

00:21:11.549 --> 00:21:14.519
But he is Barbara, he's vengeance.

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:18.809
That may be so someday, but
for now our son has a name

00:21:18.809 --> 00:21:21.210
and you should call him that instead.

00:21:21.210 --> 00:21:24.156
His name is...

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