Hannibal Barca

In antiquity war was more of a means of survival, than an establishment of supremacy. War was made because people could lose their livelihood, their well being, and their sole existence if they could not defend what was rightly theirs, not for control over a certain ideal or commodity. During the Roman Era there were people that felt threatened by this and felt they needed to do something about it. These people, the Carthaginians, had …

…and determination of one's own side and supporters' (185). He knew how to make war an art, which he did perfectly. Hannibal Barca was truly a military genius. Works Cited R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupey McGraw. Military Heritage of America. New York: Hill Book Company, 1956. Richard A. Preston, Sydney F. Wise, and Herman O. Werner. Men in Arms. New York: Fredrick A. Praeger Publishers, 1968. Sir Gavine De Beer. Hannibal. New York: The Viking Press, 1969.