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Was Pyrrhus of Epirus or Hannibal of Carthage a better general?
Was Pyrrhus of Epirus or Hannibal of Carthage a better general?
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Pyrrhus was actually successful but at a huge cost. Hannibal was successful with few casaulties but ultimately lost."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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Hannibal is the one who came up with the strategy to defeat the largest Roman army ever assembled.Comment
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Sparkatus was bester.
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Even better as Spartacus?
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Hasdrubal?
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Well not everyone could bring elephants over the alps (alive)Que l’Univers n’est qu’un défaut dans la pureté de Non-être.
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Who'd favor Pyrrhos? I mean, he was surely not as bad as his reputation, but compared to the military genius of Hannibal...
Now, come on, you who voted for Pyrrhos: Why?"The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
"Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.Comment
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I thought most of Hannibal's elephants died in the Alps. And that the ones that did make it down were pretty lame in battle, getting scared and trampling pretty much randomly.
It was a good idea though, even if it did fail. I blame the wimpy Sicilians.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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The elephants were for nothing, not even in regular battle, not after crossing snowy mountains IMHO after the enemy got used to them. They were, safe the psychological effect on the enemy, more a threat for the own troops. A lame weapon.
Hannibal never had the intent to use the elephants as his "secret weapon" in Italy, he just happened to have some with him."The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
"Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.Comment
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I'm sure panag will come and say Hannibal was a horrible general since he lost.
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Hannibal bad.
Lost the war.
...have a nice day!
"The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
"Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.Comment
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Good impression indeed.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Actually, Hannibal was good, but Scipio was better than both Hannibal and Pyrrhus. Or is this a contest limited to non Roman generals?http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=enComment
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Hannibal would be considered the greatest general ever, if he had spent one less day following up his overwhelming victory at Cannae and had sacked Rome.
The Alps don't enter much into the equation.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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