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(dramatic music)

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All right, our beloved
mercenaries. Let's hear it.

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Okay, thank you one and
all for your hard work

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fighting in the First Punic War.

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Would've been nice if you'd won.

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Maybe tried a little harder.

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But this isn't the finger
pointing convention.

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I know you all have one
thing on your minds.

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"Hey, when are we all getting paid?"

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(crowd cheering)

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All right, all right, simmer down!

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Remember you lost, you, okay.

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Jim, why don't you tell them?

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I'm not telling them, you tell them!

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Ugh.

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Look, you're not getting paid.

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(crowd gasps)
What?

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We lost the First Punic war

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and owed the Romans a ton of reparations.

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Of course we can't pay you in full.

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Let's burn this place to the ground!

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(crowd cheers)

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Hey! Hey!

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Don't burn this place to the ground!

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Come on, fellas.

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Will killing us really
make you feel better

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about your money?

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Yes.

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Way to go, sir.

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Shut up, Jim! You're fired!

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I guess that makes two of us.

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Huh? (yells)

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(suspenseful music)

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In the aftermath of the First Punic War,

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Carthage's disgruntled mercenaries

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left unpaid for all
their hard work revolted

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and Carthage found itself caught up

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in an extremely destructive Mercenary War.

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The panicked Carthaginians
hired more mercenaries

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to fight the mercenaries
they couldn't afford to pay,

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and Carthage came dangerously
close to collapse.

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All the while, across the
water, there was Rome.

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Ha. Look at those morons.

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We just kicked their
in the First Punic war

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and now their own
mercenaries are revolting.

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Ha ha. Yeah.

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Wait, First Punic War?

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You mean there's gonna be a second one?

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Well, we're definitely taking
advantage of this situation,

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so almost certainly yes.

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The Romans did in fact take
advantage of the situation.

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Amongst the chaos,

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rebels on the Carthaginian
Island of Sardinia

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sent out a cry for help to Rome.

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"Hot diggity dog," said the Romans,

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"that's free real estate."

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And so in they went.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa.

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That's our island! Get the hell off!

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Hey, they requested our
help. We're simply helping.

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Oh, no, you don't.

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Look, we're sending our own army

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to deal with the rebels, okay?

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But just to be clear,

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we're not trying to
start a fight with you.

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So you know, don't declare
war on us or anything.

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War!

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We surrender!

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Great and as part of the peace treaty,

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we get to keep these islands.

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No!

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The Carthaginians we're hopping mad.

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As if their humiliating loss

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in the First Punic War wasn't bad enough,

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the Romans now took advantage
of their mercenary problem

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and stole their islands.

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This shocking land grab
was pretty hard to justify

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even by Roman standards.

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Additionally, the Romans now
demanded Carthage pay them

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even more money on top
of what was already owed.

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If Rome was trying to make
Carthage as mad as possible,

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they were doing a fantastic job.

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The seeds of a Second
Punic War were being sown,

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and they were being watered
with Carthaginian tears.

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Resentment in Carthage
only continued to grow.

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Eventually, Carthage solved
their mercenary problem

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thanks to Carthaginian military genius

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and hero of the First
Punic War, Hamilcar Barca.

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He sorted those naughty mercenaries out

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with some good old fashioned atrocities

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and the destructive
Mercenary War was over.

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Still, all was not well.

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In Carthage, mere decades ago,

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they were the top dogs in
the Western Mediterranean.

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Now, after the crushing
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and a huge bill to pay the Romans,

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Carthage was well and
truly under Rome's thumb.

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What on earth were they supposed to do?

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If they wanted any chance

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at regaining their former strength,

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there was one thing they
needed now more than anything.

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Money.

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But as long as they owed
Rome a bazillion dollars,

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there was nothing they could do.

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Fortunately for them,

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amongst their ranks, there
was one big hunk of a man

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with one big clump of a brain.

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Me!

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- [Senators] Hamilcar Barca?

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- Yes.

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Wait, why do you all have
the exact same voice?

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(yells) I have it too!

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That's right, hero of the First Punic War,

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greatest general alive and
the poster above my bed.

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Hamilcar Barca had an idea.

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All right, we need money?

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Well, I've got one word for you. Spain.

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An area filled with lucrative silver mines

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from which the silver
would flow like a river,

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and our pockets would be stuffed

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like Tony's mother at a buffet.

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Hey!
So here's my proposal.

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You send me with an army to Spain,

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I'll expand our territory,

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get those silver mines up and running,

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and we'll be able to pay
the Romans back in no time.

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Okay, but just to check,

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you're not secretly raising the money

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to go on a bloodthirsty revenge
spree against Rome, are you?

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Because we can't afford that.

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Hanno, my dear,

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I'm simply going to pay them back.

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Well, that wasn't reassuring.

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Few in Carthage were as
bitter about their loss

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in the First Punic War as Hamilcar Barca.

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98% of his brain matter
had been reallocated

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to thoughts of revenge.

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He was also fed up with the
Carthaginian politicians

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for what he deemed a cowardly betrayal

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when they surrendered at
the end of the last war.

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And so for Hamilcar, going to Spain

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meant being able to act independently

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from the weak Carthaginian government,

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building his own strength,

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and then perhaps somewhere
down the line, revenge.

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However, he wasn't going
to Spain by himself.

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Hannibal. Yes, father?

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Would you like to come with me
to build an empire in Spain?

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Oh boy, would I!

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Barbara, mind if I take our
nine-year-old son with me?

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I want to implant an intense
hatred of Rome in him

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and prepare him for a glorious
campaign of vengeance.

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(sighs) Just try not
to traumatize him dear.

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No promises.

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The young boy Hannibal
would accompany his father,

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watching, learning.

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Boy, you see that city over there?

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Yes, father?

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That is Rome. Do you know
what we do to Romans?

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No, Father.

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We hate them, Hannibal.

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We hate them with every
fiber of our being.

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But why, Father? Can't I
just play with my digimons?

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No son! They took everything from us.

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Our land, our wealth, our pride.

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Those animals! I'll tear
them limb from limb!

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I'll burn their pathetic
city to the ground!

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Dad?

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I'm sorry, son, I've just never
been so proud. Keep going.

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I'll slaughter their people.

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I'll cut off their faces
and wear them as masks!

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(sobs) I love you, son!

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After taking Hannibal
to the temple of Baal

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and having him swear an oath
never to be a friend of Rome,

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off dad and son went

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for their lovely beach holiday in Spain.

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But Spain was already inhabited
by many tribes people.

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And when Hamilcar suddenly
showed up in their territory,

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they were like, hey, who the hell are you?

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What are you doing here?

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I'm teaching my son how to
become a warrior like me.

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Aw! Well, that's sweet.

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Well then little guy,
let's see what you got.

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Good boy.

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As Hamilcar got to work
fighting the tribes of Iberia

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and expanding Carthaginian influence,

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Hannibal became a child of war,

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even earning battle scars from a young age

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and he grew to become a great
military leader himself,

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making his father very proud.

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I love you so much, son.

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Dad, not in front of the enemy!

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(army laughing)

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You killed that guy so well, son.

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(army laughing)
Dad!

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The Barcas successfully
consolidated Carthaginian power,

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got those silver mines up and running,

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and were sending buckets of cash

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back to a money-starved Carthage.

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And symbolizing Carthage's
regrowing strength,

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a beautiful new city would
eventually be founded in Spain,

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New Carthage with a magnificent
palace at its center.

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Carthage is back, baby!

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What in the name of
Apollo is going on here?

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(yells) Romans!

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Flowing silver mines? Dancing elephants?

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What are you up to, Hamilcar?

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I'm simply gathering the
money to pay you back.

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Oh. Oh, okay then.

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Or are you rebuilding strength

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to go on a bloodthirsty revenge spree?

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Like I said, Claudius,

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I'm simply trying to pay you back.

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Aw, you guys are hugging.

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No, we're not!

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I was.

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I was hugging! (sobs)

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Hamilcar had practically carved out

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a kingdom for himself in Spain,

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free from the meddling
Carthaginian politicians.

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His power was becoming immense.

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But dad.

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Yes, my son?

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I'm confused. Are we really
simply paying the Romans back?

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We're not gonna go on a
bloodthirsty revenge spree?

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Of course we are.

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I'm just saying that to get
the Romans off our backs.

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Listen, here's the most
important life lesson

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I have for you: vengeance is everything.

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An all-encompassing thirst for vengeance

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is great for your mental health.

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Are you still confused?

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No, no, I get it now.

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But what if the Romans
find out what we're up to?

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They won't find out.

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Why?

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Well Hannibal, because I use NordVPN!

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I'm confused again.

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Do you like your computer being hacked,

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all your passwords being stolen

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and used to create a fake virtual you

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who drains your mom's bank account?

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Me neither. And that's why I use NordVPN.

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These days, hackers are
only getting smarter

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So thank you. Now, where were we?

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Oh yeah.

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Carthaginian tears, a child of war,

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and the Carthaginian conquest of Spain.

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The Carthaginian recovery
had been staggeringly quick

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and Rome was seriously alarmed.

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But they were also preoccupied
with ongoing wars elsewhere,

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including an expansionist war to the north

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where they were enslaving
thousands of northern Celts.

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So for now, to keep Carthage in check,

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the Romans insisted on a new treaty.

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See this river?

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The two sides agreed
that everything above it

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was in Rome's sphere of influence,

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while beneath it was Carthage.

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Under no circumstances
were the Carthaginians

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to expand north of that river.

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But for now, Hamilcar and
son were living it up.

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Well son, here's to many more years

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of successful campaigning in Spain.

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Now if you'll excuse me, I just
have to go fight those guys.

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See you later, son.

300
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I love you!

301
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What the? Aw crap.

302
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I drowned? Oh well.

303
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Always remember, son,

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you are vengeance!

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Also, delete my browsing history.

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Hamilcar Barca was tragically
ambushed at a river

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and drowned.

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His son-in-law and
possibly also his lover,

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no further questions,
took charge for a while,

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but he too was later assassinated,

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leaving finally a 26-year-old Hannibal

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in charge of the
Carthaginian armies in Spain.

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Sources say the men readily
accepted him as their leader.

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He chose to suffer the
same hardships as his men.

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He lived in the same conditions,

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was often the first into
battle, and the last one out.

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And it also helped that he
looked a lot like his dad.

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He had the total respect of his men.

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If he said, "jump," they said "how high?"

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If he said "tuck me in,"
they said "how tight?"

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If he said, "talk to a girl
without peeing your pants,"

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they said "that's impossible.
Nobody can do that!"

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An army that would follow
him anywhere would be crucial

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for exacting his vengeance against Rome.

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Hannibal's army had become

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a strong and loyal fighting force,

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and that was making a certain
nation very uncomfortable.

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Seeing Carthage restrengthened so quickly

329
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was not something Rome had expected.

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Yet here they were, paying off their debts

331
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and expanding their territory.

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It didn't feel very much like Carthage

333
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was under Rome's thumb at all

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and Rome wanted to put an end to it.

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Tensions were strung tighter
than your lyre's g-string

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and all it would take was one incident

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to trigger all-out war.

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And in 219 BC, a city in Spain

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would find itself at the very center

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of that fateful incident, Saguntum.

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Remember that treaty

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declaring everything south of this river

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to be Carthage's sphere of influence?

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Well, Saguntum should therefore

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obviously be Carthaginian, right?

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Wrong!

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Saguntum had actually scored itself

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an informal alliance with Rome

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after Rome had helped it
with an internal dispute.

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With Carthaginian encroachment,

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Saguntum began to fear
for its independence,

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and Rome declared itself
Saguntum's protector.

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But this clearly went against
the Ebro River Treaty,

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so what on earth was Rome doing?

355
00:14:59,669 --> 00:15:03,629
Were the Saguntines and
the Romans truly just BFFs?

356
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It's possible.

357
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Or was Rome deliberately
trying to interfere

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with Hannibal's Spanish expansion

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and maintain a staging post
for a future war with Carthage?

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More likely.

361
00:15:14,129 --> 00:15:17,549
And Hannibal certainly viewed
this Rome-Saguntum alliance

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as an outrage.

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Yet another example of Roman arrogance.

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At first, he left Saguntum alone.

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But having learned from his
father to hate all things Roman,

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and having inherited his father's dream

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of bringing Rome to its
knees, more and more,

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Hannibal may have begun to see
Saguntum as an opportunity.

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Could this controversial alliance

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be just what devilish
little Hannibal needed

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to kickstart a second war with Rome

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and restore Carthaginian dominance?

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It's even possible that Rome
were also using Saguntum

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to goad Hannibal into a fight

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so they could go and
kick him out of Spain.

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And as the two giants began
gearing up for round two,

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the poor people of Saguntum had no idea

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that they were about to be
crushed in the collision.

379
00:16:08,879 --> 00:16:12,269
Hey, your alliance with
Saguntum is an insult

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and we won't stand for it.

381
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They're our friends Hannibal,

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00:16:15,736 --> 00:16:18,899
and if you lay a finger on
them, it'll be an act of war.

383
00:16:18,899 --> 00:16:21,929
Yeah, Hannibal! Back the hell off!

384
00:16:21,929 --> 00:16:22,979
War, eh?

385
00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:25,350
I was thinking I might
just besiege their city

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and massacre their people.

387
00:16:26,610 --> 00:16:29,669
I hope you do, Hannibal!
Find out what happens.

388
00:16:29,669 --> 00:16:32,189
Yeah, we hope you do, Hani- Wait, what?

389
00:16:32,190 --> 00:16:33,090
Maybe I will.

390
00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:34,769
Go ahead, kill them all.

391
00:16:34,769 --> 00:16:35,850
Uh.
Okay, then.

392
00:16:35,850 --> 00:16:37,019
Fine.
Fine.

393
00:16:37,019 --> 00:16:39,329
Okay.
Guess I'll do just that.

394
00:16:39,330 --> 00:16:41,250
Consul?
We look forward to it.

395
00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:44,700
Consul? You're gonna protect
us though, right, Consul?

396
00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:45,533
Consul?!

397
00:16:47,394 --> 00:16:48,810
Oh no!

398
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To top it all off,

399
00:16:49,919 --> 00:16:52,649
when the Saguntine people
made the genius decision

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of raiding into Carthaginian
territory, enough was enough.

401
00:16:56,820 --> 00:16:59,040
In an action that was guaranteed

402
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to provoke the Romans into war,
Hannibal besieged the city.

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00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:06,960
The siege of Saguntum
lasted eight cruel months

404
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,539
before Hannibal broke
through the city defenses

405
00:17:09,539 --> 00:17:12,720
and turned Saguntum into a killing field.

406
00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,553
It was a massacre.

407
00:17:15,436 --> 00:17:18,299
What the hell?

408
00:17:18,299 --> 00:17:21,539
Tell me I didn't just catch
you massacring our friends,

409
00:17:21,539 --> 00:17:23,099
the Saguntise!

410
00:17:23,099 --> 00:17:26,309
Well Consul, if you like
the Saguntise so much,

411
00:17:26,309 --> 00:17:30,126
perhaps you should Sagundeez nuts!

412
00:17:30,126 --> 00:17:32,549
(all cheering)

413
00:17:32,549 --> 00:17:34,680
Hearing word of the attack on Saguntum,

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Rome was understandably in an uproar

415
00:17:37,650 --> 00:17:41,759
and all eyes were now fixated
on what would happen next.

416
00:17:41,759 --> 00:17:44,849
As Rome sent a delegation to Carthage

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00:17:44,849 --> 00:17:48,299
led by one of the most highly
esteemed Roman senators,

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00:17:48,299 --> 00:17:50,519
Fabius Maximus.

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00:17:50,519 --> 00:17:53,970
He demanded an answer for Hannibal's sins.

420
00:17:53,970 --> 00:17:56,640
All right, listen up scum.

421
00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,940
You've got a rogue general in
Spain attacking a Roman ally.

422
00:17:59,940 --> 00:18:01,470
What are we supposed to do about it?

423
00:18:01,470 --> 00:18:04,410
Well, there shouldn't have even
been a Roman ally in Spain.

424
00:18:04,410 --> 00:18:05,759
You're the aggressor here!

425
00:18:05,759 --> 00:18:08,220
Hand Hannibal over to us as a criminal

426
00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:10,019
so we can punish him severely.

427
00:18:10,019 --> 00:18:10,853
No.
Yes.

428
00:18:10,853 --> 00:18:11,686
No.
Yes.

429
00:18:11,685 --> 00:18:13,199
No!
Look,

430
00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,250
I hold in the folds of my
toga both peace and war.

431
00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:19,650
Which one should I let drop?

432
00:18:19,650 --> 00:18:22,019
Whichever one you want!

433
00:18:22,019 --> 00:18:24,242
Then I choose war!

434
00:18:28,696 --> 00:18:30,269
(dramatic music)

435
00:18:30,269 --> 00:18:33,333
The Second Punic War had begun.

436
00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:38,910
Pack it up boys we've got 'em!

437
00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:41,400
We already destroyed these clowns once,

438
00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,410
and we were the underdogs!

439
00:18:43,410 --> 00:18:45,630
Now, we're the, over dogs?

440
00:18:45,630 --> 00:18:47,220
Hotdogs.
Exactly.

441
00:18:47,220 --> 00:18:50,789
This is gonna be E-Z. Here's the plan.

442
00:18:50,789 --> 00:18:52,950
Consul Longus, you take your army

443
00:18:52,950 --> 00:18:55,019
and sail straight for Carthage.

444
00:18:55,019 --> 00:18:57,450
Burn that city to the ground!

445
00:18:57,450 --> 00:19:00,690
And Consul Scipio, you
just head on over to Iberia

446
00:19:00,690 --> 00:19:03,420
and make sure this Hannibal
guy doesn't do anything crazy.

447
00:19:03,420 --> 00:19:05,916
I mean, what's he gonna
do? Cross the Alps?

448
00:19:05,915 --> 00:19:08,249
(all laugh)

449
00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,849
We're going to what?!

450
00:19:11,849 --> 00:19:13,469
Cross the Alps!

451
00:19:13,470 --> 00:19:16,200
We're going to what?!

452
00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,033
I just told you.

453
00:19:17,032 --> 00:19:19,169
Hannibal, we'll freeze to death!

454
00:19:19,170 --> 00:19:20,430
Trust me, Jerome.

455
00:19:20,430 --> 00:19:22,620
The Romans are expecting us to fight

456
00:19:22,619 --> 00:19:24,419
the same way we did last time,

457
00:19:24,420 --> 00:19:26,910
passively, taking no initiative.

458
00:19:26,910 --> 00:19:30,090
They think it's gonna be E-Z.

459
00:19:30,089 --> 00:19:33,329
So this time, we have to be aggressive.

460
00:19:33,329 --> 00:19:35,129
We have to go on the attack!

461
00:19:35,130 --> 00:19:36,810
It sickens me to say this,

462
00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:40,541
but this time we have to
be a little more Roman.

463
00:19:40,541 --> 00:19:41,459
(all gasp)

464
00:19:41,460 --> 00:19:43,860
You mean we're gonna take
poops and baths together?!

465
00:19:43,859 --> 00:19:45,959
But I'm insecure about my hairy legs!

466
00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,500
No! I'm saying this time we're
gonna take the fight to them.

467
00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:50,339
Think about it.

468
00:19:50,339 --> 00:19:52,829
Rome thinks they're
simply going to invade us

469
00:19:52,829 --> 00:19:54,000
and win the war.

470
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,579
So when they suddenly find
themselves being invaded

471
00:19:56,579 --> 00:19:59,009
from the north, they'll freak out

472
00:19:59,009 --> 00:20:01,769
like Tony's mother when the
buffet runs out of shrimp.

473
00:20:01,769 --> 00:20:02,603
Hey!

474
00:20:02,603 --> 00:20:05,070
I gotta admit, it's
actually kind of genius.

475
00:20:05,069 --> 00:20:07,619
And my hairy legs will
insulate me from the cold!

476
00:20:07,619 --> 00:20:08,819
That's the spirit!

477
00:20:08,819 --> 00:20:11,234
Hannibal, you have my sword.

478
00:20:11,234 --> 00:20:13,056
And my spear.

479
00:20:13,057 --> 00:20:14,057
And my legs!

480
00:20:15,961 --> 00:20:16,794
Bleugh.

481
00:20:18,660 --> 00:20:22,650
Hannibal's plan, a daring Alpine
trek to surprise the Romans

482
00:20:22,650 --> 00:20:25,500
was a bold but risky strategy.

483
00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,839
If it paid off, he could catch the Romans

484
00:20:27,839 --> 00:20:30,480
with their pants down, but
he could also end up losing

485
00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,950
a ton of men and supplies

486
00:20:31,950 --> 00:20:34,170
in the hostile mountain conditions.

487
00:20:34,170 --> 00:20:38,550
Nevertheless, in 218 BC,
with a fire in his eyes

488
00:20:38,549 --> 00:20:42,149
and some vengeance in his belly,
Hannibal brought his force

489
00:20:42,150 --> 00:20:45,480
of almost a hundred thousand
men across the Ebro River.

490
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,599
They spent months on the road
trekking through the cold,

491
00:20:48,599 --> 00:20:50,609
hostile mountain conditions.

492
00:20:50,609 --> 00:20:52,859
And when they finally
reached the other side,

493
00:20:52,859 --> 00:20:55,259
they said, "Hooray! We did it.

494
00:20:55,259 --> 00:20:57,240
We crossed the Alps."

495
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,640
No, those were the Pyrenees.

496
00:20:59,819 --> 00:21:01,211
Those are the Alps.

497
00:21:01,211 --> 00:21:03,752
(wind whooshing)

498
00:21:03,752 --> 00:21:06,179
(army crying)

499
00:21:06,180 --> 00:21:07,650
After crossing the Pyrenees,

500
00:21:07,650 --> 00:21:10,019
the army then had to pass
through Southern Gaul,

501
00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:12,210
a vast territory filled
with tribes people,

502
00:21:12,210 --> 00:21:15,029
many of whom were hostile
to Hannibal's presence.

503
00:21:15,029 --> 00:21:18,210
His journey to the Alps
was an ordeal in itself

504
00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:20,370
as he was forced to fight his way through

505
00:21:20,369 --> 00:21:22,289
and incurred pretty hefty losses

506
00:21:22,289 --> 00:21:24,329
before even reaching the mountains.

507
00:21:24,329 --> 00:21:27,210
His plan was almost stopped
in its tracks entirely

508
00:21:27,210 --> 00:21:30,750
as the Roman Consul Scipio
on his way to Iberia

509
00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:33,960
discovered Hannibal was
right on his doorstep.

510
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,350
Suddenly, Hannibal's journey became a race

511
00:21:37,349 --> 00:21:39,480
as he rushed to get his massive army

512
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,519
across the vast Rhone River

513
00:21:41,519 --> 00:21:44,039
before the Romans could intercept him.

514
00:21:44,039 --> 00:21:45,720
The crossing was chaotic,

515
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,230
with the panicking elephants
causing several men to drown.

516
00:21:49,230 --> 00:21:51,480
And the first combat of the war occurred

517
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,700
when small scouting parties from each side

518
00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,200
encountered one another.

519
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,410
When Scipio finally caught
up to Hannibal's position,

520
00:21:58,410 --> 00:22:01,980
what he found was an
empty Carthaginian camp.

521
00:22:01,980 --> 00:22:05,370
Hannibal had slipped through his fingers.

522
00:22:05,369 --> 00:22:10,019
The Roman Consul Scipio felt
the weight of the situation.

523
00:22:10,019 --> 00:22:11,460
Quite unbelievably,

524
00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:14,850
Hannibal was going to
cross the Alps into Italy

525
00:22:14,849 --> 00:22:18,599
and the Romans had no idea
where he would emerge.

526
00:22:18,599 --> 00:22:20,039
For the first time,

527
00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:24,690
a Carthaginian force had the
Roman homeland under threat.

528
00:22:24,690 --> 00:22:27,720
Scipio sent his men
onto Iberia as planned,

529
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,539
but he himself rushed
home to raise a new army

530
00:22:30,539 --> 00:22:32,970
so that if Hannibal survived the crossing,

531
00:22:32,970 --> 00:22:36,660
Scipio would be there waiting.

532
00:22:36,660 --> 00:22:38,670
Would you look at that, boys?

533
00:22:38,670 --> 00:22:40,830
We're here! The Alps!

534
00:22:40,829 --> 00:22:43,217
Although it is a little
later than I expected.

535
00:22:43,218 --> 00:22:45,360
Yeah, it's kind of chilly.

536
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,909
We'll set up camp here and
wait for spring, right?

537
00:22:47,910 --> 00:22:49,923
It's way too cold, right?

538
00:22:52,470 --> 00:22:53,303
Hannibal?

539
00:22:53,303 --> 00:22:56,280
(wind whooshing)

540
00:22:56,279 --> 00:23:00,329
Hannibal's famous crossing
of the Alps was brutal.

541
00:23:00,329 --> 00:23:03,449
It was already autumn and
the men suffered terribly.

542
00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:06,870
It was cold. Men would fall
off the sides of icy cliffs.

543
00:23:06,869 --> 00:23:10,109
They starved, they fell off
the sides of icy cliffs.

544
00:23:10,109 --> 00:23:12,899
Some sources say they had
to eat their pack animals

545
00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:14,700
and would finish off dying comrades

546
00:23:14,700 --> 00:23:17,039
in order to take their
clothes for extra warmth.

547
00:23:17,039 --> 00:23:20,279
And then, they would fall
off the sides of icy cliffs.

548
00:23:20,279 --> 00:23:24,930
Imagine an army of 50,000
men with all of their horses,

549
00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:28,740
supplies and 37 elephants
trying to navigate

550
00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:31,529
the most hostile mountain range in Europe.

551
00:23:31,529 --> 00:23:34,200
And it wasn't just nature
that they were up against.

552
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,330
Tribes people lived in the mountains

553
00:23:36,329 --> 00:23:39,509
and they couldn't believe
what they were seeing.

554
00:23:39,509 --> 00:23:41,579
A tribe approached Hannibal and said,

555
00:23:41,579 --> 00:23:45,119
hey man, geez, that's some
nice armor. What is that, gold?

556
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:46,889
Man, I'd really like that armor.

557
00:23:46,890 --> 00:23:49,500
Hey boss! They've got food as well.

558
00:23:49,500 --> 00:23:51,390
Shut up! Be cool.

559
00:23:51,390 --> 00:23:52,770
Hey, why don't you let us guide you

560
00:23:52,769 --> 00:23:54,089
through this narrow gorge?

561
00:23:54,089 --> 00:23:55,709
We're not gonna kill you or nothing.

562
00:23:55,710 --> 00:23:58,920
Just walk right on through
there. We're not gonna kill ya.

563
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,543
It's just right this way.

564
00:24:02,250 --> 00:24:03,299
We're not gonna kill ya!

565
00:24:03,299 --> 00:24:05,369
Hannibal's army were
forced to fight their way

566
00:24:05,369 --> 00:24:06,329
through the gorge

567
00:24:06,329 --> 00:24:09,449
as massive boulders rained
down on them from above.

568
00:24:09,450 --> 00:24:12,930
Some clever reorganization of
his line helped them survive,

569
00:24:12,930 --> 00:24:16,170
and they were able to fend
off the opportunistic tribes.

570
00:24:16,170 --> 00:24:19,440
But losses from the
constant attacks were heavy.

571
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,559
As the journey continued,
men who went over the sides

572
00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:24,899
would get stuck on the ice sheets below

573
00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:26,820
and had to make a grizzly choice

574
00:24:26,819 --> 00:24:30,329
between starving to death or
just getting it over with.

575
00:24:30,329 --> 00:24:33,329
When the deeply demoralized
army reached the summit

576
00:24:33,329 --> 00:24:35,069
and rested for a couple days,

577
00:24:35,069 --> 00:24:39,059
Hannibal tried to lift their
spirits with a rousing speech.

578
00:24:39,059 --> 00:24:42,779
Look, men! down there, it's Rome.

579
00:24:42,779 --> 00:24:45,420
These plains stretching
out in front of you

580
00:24:45,420 --> 00:24:50,420
are bountiful with food
to eat and Romans to kill!

581
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:51,809
Move, Bessie!

582
00:24:51,809 --> 00:24:54,839
Look! You have just
climbed the walls of Rome.

583
00:24:54,839 --> 00:24:56,819
The hard part is over.

584
00:24:56,819 --> 00:24:59,639
From here on out, it's all downhill

585
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,893
and nobody else will die!

586
00:25:02,819 --> 00:25:04,049
Except for them.

587
00:25:04,049 --> 00:25:07,262
The rest of us here, no one dies.

588
00:25:08,190 --> 00:25:09,482
Starting now.

589
00:25:12,390 --> 00:25:13,890
Okay, let's go.

590
00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:14,759
Oh for goodness sake!

591
00:25:14,759 --> 00:25:18,329
As it turned out, the descent
was as deadly as the way up

592
00:25:18,329 --> 00:25:20,819
with the cold really starting to set in.

593
00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:22,859
The path became even more narrow.

594
00:25:22,859 --> 00:25:25,199
And at one point, the men spent three days

595
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,500
in the freezing cold
repairing a collapsed road.

596
00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:30,660
When they finally reached the bottom,

597
00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:33,999
Hannibal said look guys, we did it!

598
00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:36,750
(army groaning)

599
00:25:36,750 --> 00:25:38,430
Well, I thought it went really well!

600
00:25:38,430 --> 00:25:39,870
When Hannibal left Spain,

601
00:25:39,869 --> 00:25:42,089
he had about a hundred thousand men.

602
00:25:42,089 --> 00:25:44,609
By the time he reached the Italian plains,

603
00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:48,509
his numbers had dwindled to about 26,000.

604
00:25:48,509 --> 00:25:50,670
He was now caught in enemy territory

605
00:25:50,670 --> 00:25:53,940
without a supply line or a
source of reinforcements.

606
00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:56,640
And any elephants who had
survived to this point

607
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,830
were almost certainly traumatized.

608
00:25:58,829 --> 00:26:01,379
So what on earth was Hannibal up to?

609
00:26:01,380 --> 00:26:03,630
This supposed military genius

610
00:26:03,630 --> 00:26:06,330
had just led a starving and weakened army

611
00:26:06,329 --> 00:26:08,579
right into enemy territory.

612
00:26:08,579 --> 00:26:11,549
Any modern general who lost
half their men to mountains

613
00:26:11,549 --> 00:26:13,079
would be immediately fired

614
00:26:13,079 --> 00:26:16,019
and possibly even depantsed on live TV.

615
00:26:16,019 --> 00:26:18,660
Here's the thing, while
Hannibal may not have planned

616
00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:20,310
on losing quite so many men,

617
00:26:20,309 --> 00:26:23,730
he had almost certainly
expected considerable losses,

618
00:26:23,730 --> 00:26:26,880
and he always had a plan
for how to replace them.

619
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,080
Need men?

620
00:26:28,079 --> 00:26:33,000
Northern Italy was full of
men, big burly Celtic men.

621
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,990
All the men Hannibal would
ever need to beat off Rome.

622
00:26:36,990 --> 00:26:39,539
These Celts were filled with resentment,

623
00:26:39,539 --> 00:26:42,509
having only recently
been conquered by Rome.

624
00:26:42,509 --> 00:26:45,000
Hannibal hoped to be seen as a liberator,

625
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,519
convince the Celts to cut ties with Rome,

626
00:26:47,519 --> 00:26:51,420
and instead join him in crushing Rome.

627
00:26:51,420 --> 00:26:53,940
That way, he could gain a
source of reinforcements

628
00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:57,330
and supplies right in Rome's backyard.

629
00:26:57,329 --> 00:27:00,269
But sir, in order to win
the loyalty of the Celts,

630
00:27:00,269 --> 00:27:02,970
we would need to make a
seriously favorable impression

631
00:27:02,970 --> 00:27:03,803
on them.

632
00:27:03,803 --> 00:27:05,160
How do we get 'em to like us?

633
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:05,993
Hmm.

634
00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:08,190
Kill them.
(dramatic music)

635
00:27:08,190 --> 00:27:10,350
One of Hannibal's first actions in Italy

636
00:27:10,349 --> 00:27:14,159
was to obliterate a nearby
tribe who wouldn't join him.

637
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,400
This sent a clear message
to all the other tribes.

638
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:21,750
It was his wrath they
should fear, not Rome's.

639
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:24,480
The realization that a Carthaginian army

640
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,130
had just invaded them

641
00:27:26,130 --> 00:27:28,620
must have been shocking for the Romans.

642
00:27:28,619 --> 00:27:30,779
But when they looked at this rag tie group

643
00:27:30,779 --> 00:27:32,490
broken by the Alps,

644
00:27:32,490 --> 00:27:34,859
they couldn't have felt very intimidated.

645
00:27:34,859 --> 00:27:38,129
However, Hannibal was now in Italy

646
00:27:38,130 --> 00:27:40,380
and he was about to embark

647
00:27:40,380 --> 00:27:43,800
on one of the most
astonishing military campaigns

648
00:27:43,799 --> 00:27:46,319
in all of human history.

649
00:27:46,319 --> 00:27:48,359
The Romans may not have known it yet,

650
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,869
but there was now a monster
loose in their territory,

651
00:27:51,869 --> 00:27:56,052
and he was vying for Roman blood.

652
00:27:56,053 --> 00:27:58,803
(dramatic music)

653
00:28:06,065 --> 00:28:09,648
(dramatic music continues)