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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
defeat in the First Punic War,

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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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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.

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I love you!

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What the? Aw crap.

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I drowned? Oh well.

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Always remember, son,

00:12:41.190 --> 00:12:45.813
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?"

00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.699
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

00:13:38.970 --> 00:13:42.899
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

00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.229
was not something Rome had expected.

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Yet here they were, paying off their debts

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and expanding their territory.

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It didn't feel very much like Carthage

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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

00:14:39.389 --> 00:14:41.580
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?

00:14:59.669 --> 00:15:03.629
Were the Saguntines and
the Romans truly just BFFs?

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It's possible.

00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:07.019
Or was Rome deliberately
trying to interfere

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with Hannibal's Spanish expansion

00:15:08.909 --> 00:15:12.453
and maintain a staging post
for a future war with Carthage?

00:15:12.453 --> 00:15:14.129
More likely.

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.

00:15:21.870 --> 00:15:24.360
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?

00:15:49.529 --> 00:15:52.889
It's even possible that Rome
were also using Saguntum

00:15:52.889 --> 00:15:54.899
to goad Hannibal into a fight

00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:57.539
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

00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:08.879
that they were about to be
crushed in the collision.

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Hey, your alliance with
Saguntum is an insult

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and we won't stand for it.

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They're our friends Hannibal,

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and if you lay a finger on
them, it'll be an act of war.

00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:21.929
Yeah, Hannibal! Back the hell off!

00:16:21.929 --> 00:16:22.979
War, eh?

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.

00:16:26.610 --> 00:16:29.669
I hope you do, Hannibal!
Find out what happens.

00:16:29.669 --> 00:16:32.189
Yeah, we hope you do, Hani- Wait, what?

00:16:32.190 --> 00:16:33.090
Maybe I will.

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Go ahead, kill them all.

00:16:34.769 --> 00:16:35.850
Uh.
Okay, then.

00:16:35.850 --> 00:16:37.019
Fine.
Fine.

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:39.329
Okay.
Guess I'll do just that.

00:16:39.330 --> 00:16:41.250
Consul?
We look forward to it.

00:16:41.250 --> 00:16:44.700
Consul? You're gonna protect
us though, right, Consul?

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.533
Consul?!

00:16:47.394 --> 00:16:48.810
Oh no!

00:16:48.809 --> 00:16:49.919
To top it all off,

00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:52.649
when the Saguntine people
made the genius decision

00:16:52.649 --> 00:16:56.819
of raiding into Carthaginian
territory, enough was enough.

00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:59.040
In an action that was guaranteed

00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:03.750
to provoke the Romans into war,
Hannibal besieged the city.

00:17:03.750 --> 00:17:06.960
The siege of Saguntum
lasted eight cruel months

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:09.539
before Hannibal broke
through the city defenses

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and turned Saguntum into a killing field.

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It was a massacre.

00:17:15.436 --> 00:17:18.299
What the hell?

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:21.539
Tell me I didn't just catch
you massacring our friends,

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the Saguntise!

00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:26.309
Well Consul, if you like
the Saguntise so much,

00:17:26.309 --> 00:17:30.126
perhaps you should Sagundeez nuts!

00:17:30.126 --> 00:17:32.549
(all cheering)

00:17:32.549 --> 00:17:34.680
Hearing word of the attack on Saguntum,

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.650
Rome was understandably in an uproar

00:17:37.650 --> 00:17:41.759
and all eyes were now fixated
on what would happen next.

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.849
As Rome sent a delegation to Carthage

00:17:44.849 --> 00:17:48.299
led by one of the most highly
esteemed Roman senators,

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:50.519
Fabius Maximus.

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.970
He demanded an answer for Hannibal's sins.

00:17:53.970 --> 00:17:56.640
All right, listen up scum.

00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.940
You've got a rogue general in
Spain attacking a Roman ally.

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What are we supposed to do about it?

00:18:01.470 --> 00:18:04.410
Well, there shouldn't have even
been a Roman ally in Spain.

00:18:04.410 --> 00:18:05.759
You're the aggressor here!

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:08.220
Hand Hannibal over to us as a criminal

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:10.019
so we can punish him severely.

00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.853
No.
Yes.

00:18:10.853 --> 00:18:11.686
No.
Yes.

00:18:11.685 --> 00:18:13.199
No!
Look,

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:17.250
I hold in the folds of my
toga both peace and war.

00:18:17.250 --> 00:18:19.650
Which one should I let drop?

00:18:19.650 --> 00:18:22.019
Whichever one you want!

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Then I choose war!

00:18:28.696 --> 00:18:30.269
(dramatic music)

00:18:30.269 --> 00:18:33.333
The Second Punic War had begun.

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:38.910
Pack it up boys we've got 'em!

00:18:38.910 --> 00:18:41.400
We already destroyed these clowns once,

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:43.410
and we were the underdogs!

00:18:43.410 --> 00:18:45.630
Now, we're the, over dogs?

00:18:45.630 --> 00:18:47.220
Hotdogs.
Exactly.

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This is gonna be E-Z. Here's the plan.

00:18:50.789 --> 00:18:52.950
Consul Longus, you take your army

00:18:52.950 --> 00:18:55.019
and sail straight for Carthage.

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:57.450
Burn that city to the ground!

00:18:57.450 --> 00:19:00.690
And Consul Scipio, you
just head on over to Iberia

00:19:00.690 --> 00:19:03.420
and make sure this Hannibal
guy doesn't do anything crazy.

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:05.916
I mean, what's he gonna
do? Cross the Alps?

00:19:05.915 --> 00:19:08.249
(all laugh)

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:11.849
We're going to what?!

00:19:11.849 --> 00:19:13.469
Cross the Alps!

00:19:13.470 --> 00:19:16.200
We're going to what?!

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.033
I just told you.

00:19:17.032 --> 00:19:19.169
Hannibal, we'll freeze to death!

00:19:19.170 --> 00:19:20.430
Trust me, Jerome.

00:19:20.430 --> 00:19:22.620
The Romans are expecting us to fight

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:24.419
the same way we did last time,

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:26.910
passively, taking no initiative.

00:19:26.910 --> 00:19:30.090
They think it's gonna be E-Z.

00:19:30.089 --> 00:19:33.329
So this time, we have to be aggressive.

00:19:33.329 --> 00:19:35.129
We have to go on the attack!

00:19:35.130 --> 00:19:36.810
It sickens me to say this,

00:19:36.809 --> 00:19:40.541
but this time we have to
be a little more Roman.

00:19:40.541 --> 00:19:41.459
(all gasp)

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:43.860
You mean we're gonna take
poops and baths together?!

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:45.959
But I'm insecure about my hairy legs!

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:49.500
No! I'm saying this time we're
gonna take the fight to them.

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.339
Think about it.

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:52.829
Rome thinks they're
simply going to invade us

00:19:52.829 --> 00:19:54.000
and win the war.

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.579
So when they suddenly find
themselves being invaded

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:59.009
from the north, they'll freak out

00:19:59.009 --> 00:20:01.769
like Tony's mother when the
buffet runs out of shrimp.

00:20:01.769 --> 00:20:02.603
Hey!

00:20:02.603 --> 00:20:05.070
I gotta admit, it's
actually kind of genius.

00:20:05.069 --> 00:20:07.619
And my hairy legs will
insulate me from the cold!

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.819
That's the spirit!

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:11.234
Hannibal, you have my sword.

00:20:11.234 --> 00:20:13.056
And my spear.

00:20:13.057 --> 00:20:14.057
And my legs!

00:20:15.961 --> 00:20:16.794
Bleugh.

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:22.650
Hannibal's plan, a daring Alpine
trek to surprise the Romans

00:20:22.650 --> 00:20:25.500
was a bold but risky strategy.

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.839
If it paid off, he could catch the Romans

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:30.480
with their pants down, but
he could also end up losing

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.950
a ton of men and supplies

00:20:31.950 --> 00:20:34.170
in the hostile mountain conditions.

00:20:34.170 --> 00:20:38.550
Nevertheless, in 218 BC,
with a fire in his eyes

00:20:38.549 --> 00:20:42.149
and some vengeance in his belly,
Hannibal brought his force

00:20:42.150 --> 00:20:45.480
of almost a hundred thousand
men across the Ebro River.

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:48.599
They spent months on the road
trekking through the cold,

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:50.609
hostile mountain conditions.

00:20:50.609 --> 00:20:52.859
And when they finally
reached the other side,

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:55.259
they said, "Hooray! We did it.

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:57.240
We crossed the Alps."

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.640
No, those were the Pyrenees.

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:01.211
Those are the Alps.

00:21:01.211 --> 00:21:03.752
(wind whooshing)

00:21:03.752 --> 00:21:06.179
(army crying)

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:07.650
After crossing the Pyrenees,

00:21:07.650 --> 00:21:10.019
the army then had to pass
through Southern Gaul,

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:12.210
a vast territory filled
with tribes people,

00:21:12.210 --> 00:21:15.029
many of whom were hostile
to Hannibal's presence.

00:21:15.029 --> 00:21:18.210
His journey to the Alps
was an ordeal in itself

00:21:18.210 --> 00:21:20.370
as he was forced to fight his way through

00:21:20.369 --> 00:21:22.289
and incurred pretty hefty losses

00:21:22.289 --> 00:21:24.329
before even reaching the mountains.

00:21:24.329 --> 00:21:27.210
His plan was almost stopped
in its tracks entirely

00:21:27.210 --> 00:21:30.750
as the Roman Consul Scipio
on his way to Iberia

00:21:30.750 --> 00:21:33.960
discovered Hannibal was
right on his doorstep.

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:37.350
Suddenly, Hannibal's journey became a race

00:21:37.349 --> 00:21:39.480
as he rushed to get his massive army

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.519
across the vast Rhone River

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:44.039
before the Romans could intercept him.

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.720
The crossing was chaotic,

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.230
with the panicking elephants
causing several men to drown.

00:21:49.230 --> 00:21:51.480
And the first combat of the war occurred

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:53.700
when small scouting parties from each side

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:55.200
encountered one another.

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:58.410
When Scipio finally caught
up to Hannibal's position,

00:21:58.410 --> 00:22:01.980
what he found was an
empty Carthaginian camp.

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:05.370
Hannibal had slipped through his fingers.

00:22:05.369 --> 00:22:10.019
The Roman Consul Scipio felt
the weight of the situation.

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:11.460
Quite unbelievably,

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:14.850
Hannibal was going to
cross the Alps into Italy

00:22:14.849 --> 00:22:18.599
and the Romans had no idea
where he would emerge.

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:20.039
For the first time,

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:24.690
a Carthaginian force had the
Roman homeland under threat.

00:22:24.690 --> 00:22:27.720
Scipio sent his men
onto Iberia as planned,

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.539
but he himself rushed
home to raise a new army

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:32.970
so that if Hannibal survived the crossing,

00:22:32.970 --> 00:22:36.660
Scipio would be there waiting.

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:38.670
Would you look at that, boys?

00:22:38.670 --> 00:22:40.830
We're here! The Alps!

00:22:40.829 --> 00:22:43.217
Although it is a little
later than I expected.

00:22:43.218 --> 00:22:45.360
Yeah, it's kind of chilly.

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:47.909
We'll set up camp here and
wait for spring, right?

00:22:47.910 --> 00:22:49.923
It's way too cold, right?

00:22:52.470 --> 00:22:53.303
Hannibal?

00:22:53.303 --> 00:22:56.280
(wind whooshing)

00:22:56.279 --> 00:23:00.329
Hannibal's famous crossing
of the Alps was brutal.

00:23:00.329 --> 00:23:03.449
It was already autumn and
the men suffered terribly.

00:23:03.450 --> 00:23:06.870
It was cold. Men would fall
off the sides of icy cliffs.

00:23:06.869 --> 00:23:10.109
They starved, they fell off
the sides of icy cliffs.

00:23:10.109 --> 00:23:12.899
Some sources say they had
to eat their pack animals

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:14.700
and would finish off dying comrades

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:17.039
in order to take their
clothes for extra warmth.

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:20.279
And then, they would fall
off the sides of icy cliffs.

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:24.930
Imagine an army of 50,000
men with all of their horses,

00:23:24.930 --> 00:23:28.740
supplies and 37 elephants
trying to navigate

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:31.529
the most hostile mountain range in Europe.

00:23:31.529 --> 00:23:34.200
And it wasn't just nature
that they were up against.

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:36.330
Tribes people lived in the mountains

00:23:36.329 --> 00:23:39.509
and they couldn't believe
what they were seeing.

00:23:39.509 --> 00:23:41.579
A tribe approached Hannibal and said,

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:45.119
hey man, geez, that's some
nice armor. What is that, gold?

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.889
Man, I'd really like that armor.

00:23:46.890 --> 00:23:49.500
Hey boss! They've got food as well.

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:51.390
Shut up! Be cool.

00:23:51.390 --> 00:23:52.770
Hey, why don't you let us guide you

00:23:52.769 --> 00:23:54.089
through this narrow gorge?

00:23:54.089 --> 00:23:55.709
We're not gonna kill you or nothing.

00:23:55.710 --> 00:23:58.920
Just walk right on through
there. We're not gonna kill ya.

00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.543
It's just right this way.

00:24:02.250 --> 00:24:03.299
We're not gonna kill ya!

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Hannibal's army were
forced to fight their way

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through the gorge

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as massive boulders rained
down on them from above.

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Some clever reorganization of
his line helped them survive,

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and they were able to fend
off the opportunistic tribes.

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But losses from the
constant attacks were heavy.

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As the journey continued,
men who went over the sides

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would get stuck on the ice sheets below

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and had to make a grizzly choice

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between starving to death or
just getting it over with.

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When the deeply demoralized
army reached the summit

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and rested for a couple days,

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Hannibal tried to lift their
spirits with a rousing speech.

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Look, men! down there, it's Rome.

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These plains stretching
out in front of you

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are bountiful with food
to eat and Romans to kill!

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Move, Bessie!

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Look! You have just
climbed the walls of Rome.

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The hard part is over.

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From here on out, it's all downhill

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and nobody else will die!

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Except for them.

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The rest of us here, no one dies.

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Starting now.

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Okay, let's go.

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Oh for goodness sake!

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As it turned out, the descent
was as deadly as the way up

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with the cold really starting to set in.

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The path became even more narrow.

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And at one point, the men spent three days

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in the freezing cold
repairing a collapsed road.

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When they finally reached the bottom,

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Hannibal said look guys, we did it!

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(army groaning)

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Well, I thought it went really well!

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When Hannibal left Spain,

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he had about a hundred thousand men.

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By the time he reached the Italian plains,

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his numbers had dwindled to about 26,000.

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He was now caught in enemy territory

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without a supply line or a
source of reinforcements.

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And any elephants who had
survived to this point

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were almost certainly traumatized.

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So what on earth was Hannibal up to?

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This supposed military genius

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had just led a starving and weakened army

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right into enemy territory.

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Any modern general who lost
half their men to mountains

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would be immediately fired

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and possibly even depantsed on live TV.

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Here's the thing, while
Hannibal may not have planned

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on losing quite so many men,

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he had almost certainly
expected considerable losses,

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and he always had a plan
for how to replace them.

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Need men?

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Northern Italy was full of
men, big burly Celtic men.

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All the men Hannibal would
ever need to beat off Rome.

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These Celts were filled with resentment,

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having only recently
been conquered by Rome.

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Hannibal hoped to be seen as a liberator,

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convince the Celts to cut ties with Rome,

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and instead join him in crushing Rome.

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That way, he could gain a
source of reinforcements

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and supplies right in Rome's backyard.

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But sir, in order to win
the loyalty of the Celts,

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we would need to make a
seriously favorable impression

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on them.

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How do we get 'em to like us?

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Hmm.

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Kill them.
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One of Hannibal's first actions in Italy

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was to obliterate a nearby
tribe who wouldn't join him.

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This sent a clear message
to all the other tribes.

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It was his wrath they
should fear, not Rome's.

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The realization that a Carthaginian army

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had just invaded them

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must have been shocking for the Romans.

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But when they looked at this rag tie group

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broken by the Alps,

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they couldn't have felt very intimidated.

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However, Hannibal was now in Italy

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and he was about to embark

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on one of the most
astonishing military campaigns

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in all of human history.

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The Romans may not have known it yet,

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but there was now a monster
loose in their territory,

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and he was vying for Roman blood.

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(dramatic music)

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