Hannibal Barca in Podcasts
personHannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and military commander known for his crossing of the Alps during the Second Punic War.
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570. Hannibal: The Invasion of Italy (Part 3)
Slowly the soldiers moved with lagging steps, dreading that they had crossed the spreading globe only to pass into forbidden realms in defiance of nature and heaven. But Hannibal was having none of it. Not for him any terror of the Alps, not for him any horror at the snows. "'Shame on you!' he cried, to weary of fame and despair of the favour of the gods.