Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Threat | Hannibal | Odyssey 

The most genius move Hannibal made was telling his guys NOT to touch the villas and properties of the Roman senators a upper government. This made the public think they had a deal worked out between them. So they rioted forcing Rome to prematurely put lower level legions against him. Fukn so smart man...

Its great to hear Pompeii magnus narrate a story of Carthage.

Where were you wonderful people 40 years ago when I was in college? It would have been so much easier. Excellent work. Thank you.

I am the 1000th subscriber to what is surely going to be a great channel!

Wow. Awesome quality great job

People tend to forget, Hannibal’s source of men and resources came from SPAIN, where his father conquered and governed, then passed to Hannibal….. the whole "Hannibal could have won if supported by senate" is folley…… Scipio was in Spain crushing Hannibal’s Generals for this very reason before attacking Carthage and then beating Hannibal at Zama, Scipio was better and underrated.

An awesome documentary with no ads!!! I don't have to fast forward rewind to get rid of the ads, which does work by the way this is truly documentary to fall asleep to

Timeline brought me here, and I’m glad it did. Pls make one about William the conqueror

HANIBAL IS PERFECT EXAMPLE THAT IF YOUR GOING TO FIGHT , FINISH THE DAMN THING. HE HAD ROME OVER THE BARREL MORE THAN ONCE AND WOULD NOT DROP THE HAMMER. ONCE BY WIPING OUT 75,000 OF THEIR SOLDIERS AND STILL NOT FINISH THE JOB AND ROME CRAWLED BACK TO LIFE AND KILLED CARTHAGE. ROME KNEW HOW TO FINISH A FIGHT.

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Hannibal was definitely worthy of the Knights cross with oak leaves, swords and diamonds. 👍

Great Hannibal! Magón, Asdrúbal, Amílcar! At least they fought till the End!!!!

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Timeline world history said to come along here, I'm glad I did . Great new channel I subbed

You can't send in calvary,(horse or armour,) without infantry support.

Excellent documentary. Very interesting to listen to and enjoyable to watch!

The voice of Pompey Magnus from HBO's ROme.. Kenneth Cranham have such an iconic voice

Excellent! 🌎

A minor inaccuracy: The horse riders are shown using stirrups which hadn't been invented by then forcing the rider to clamp the torso of the horse with his legs. Also the narrator is the actor that played Pompey Magnus in the HBO show Rome.

Can't wait for more content.

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Wonderful video, extremelly well narrated. I loved it. Please bring us more like this. Thank you.

Fun fact: The Narrator of the documentary is the guy who played Pompey Magnus in HBO´s Rome

Oh I’m very happy about this

At least it didn't screw up like the History Channel (Barbarians rising)

I find it amusing Pompey Magnus is narrating a documentary about Hannibal Barca.

Sometimes it's not the numbers that count but the STRATEGY to win🤷🤷🤷

Hannibal wasn't scared of anything ,. His father made him swear to be an enemy of rome on blood for the rest of his life , he marched a whole army to Italy through the alpes which he lost nearly half of , He stayed in their Land for 14 years never lost a Battle to them with a single army and without any reinforcements from Carthage other than The galic tribes nor supplies from his country living of the land , he won major victories against them , Even once they encircled him in a valley he marched through the darkness of night while making them chase Fire attached to horns of cattle and then later Ambushed the Roman detachment sent to ambush him , He ambushed a whole roman army at trasimane which till this day remains the biggest and most successful ambush in the history of warfare , He won an unbelievable Victory at cannea outnumbered till the last moments of the battle , Fighting in the front with his men with one eye which resulted in the greatest Loss of humane life in a single day through the history of battles and warfare , He is the General that is more intimidating and Greater then even some kings Napoleon really considered him one of the best tacticians and he truly was , he made the rommans live in fear for 14 years , he didn't need the Great of The Conqueror added to his name , His name was enough to make anyone have chills Hannibal Barca , yet he is Super underrated

What city(s) would be safest (from war, disease, religious persecution) and most prosperous in each of the time periods studied?

Only question I gota ask, why haven't they made a TV series or movie about hannibal yet?

The children who were sacrificed probably were stillborn or could not make it because of illness. Kinda hard to imagine them sacrificing healthy kids for no apparent reason

Yes like the saying ((he could defeat the Legions and Armys of Rome but he couldn't defeat Rome herself)) and Cannae was a Major battle and loss on both sides not just Rome and it's simple on why couldn't take and defeat Rome herself cause a city wide seige can take up to days weeks or even months and peopl occasionally don't have the essence or time and a City Wide seige takes up a lot of resources and it takes a good mind of seige technology resources and manpower and Hannibal didn't have the resources nor the manpower ((which is why he sent his brother back to Carthage)) and Hannibal after the previous battles and the battle of Cannae practically depleted him

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If There wasn't Hannibal, Rome would have to invent him. Hannibal's might and military prevailing, made Romans pull themselves up by their own boots, evolve, grow an iron will, and ultimately succeed. Sulla, Marius, Caesar, Augustus, they were all the outcome of that success, the ultimate Scipio's legacy. Lack of opponents like Hannibal, would ultimately lead Rome to luxury and lust, away from the disciplines of "MOS MAIORUM", which would eventually resolve with it's fall

MAMA MIA, first I live through a documentary on Arminius slaughter of 3 legions AND now Hannibal annihilating us Thank God for Roman Perseverance

The Battle of Cannae remains one of the most impressive military endeavors of all time. Hannibal’s outnumbered forces annihilated entire consular armies.

Am I crazy or the great Magnus Pompey of the HBO's Rome is a narrator on this one?

The main result of Hannible was to Greatly improve the Roman army and therefore was critical to building an empire

"Streets ahead?" Pierce Hawthorne is demanding royalties @14:50

Guy in the thumbnail looks like BJ Novak LOL! 😂

Fact: The Carthaginians on Hannibal's march over the Alps became cannibals. (No pun intended.)

narrator? i feel like it is close to charles dance... but not quite..

🌏looking forward to this!

Did that poison he put in his drink regrow an eye as well?😂

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it was amazing to find this precise information. moreover, the way the story had been narrated was detailed in fact made me live with a sense of pride as Hannibal as well as a sense of grief and disgrace. thanks keep going

Nice piece 👍👍👍

I know that voice! That’s Pompey Magnus ☺️

The Latin for 'delayer' is Cunctator. For some reason that nickname isn't translated here..

Good narrator, thank you. So many channels do not have good narrators.

Hannibal was great! In fact, all those who fight for freedom and against slaveholders will have my full support... 🌍

Rome won the war and erased Cartage from the planet

There are many fallacies and distortions that Rome deliberately made to create a bad image of Carthage, while the Greeks wrote objectively about the history of Carthage and their fascination with it. Among the distortions are claims of killing children and offering them as sacrifices. When you read what was written about Carthage from the point of view of other historians, you realize that these distortions are illogical. Aristotle wrote about Carthage in his book "On Politics" and expressed his admiration for it as a just country. It is also believed that Plato's book about the virtuous city may have been derived from his image or perception of Carthage. It is noteworthy that Carthage was the first civilization to abolish slavery and consider everyone citizens, the first civilization to establish a Senate (parliament), the first civilization to invent coins, and the first civilization to establish a constitution and laws. Magon is also considered the first agricultural engineer and the first to write about agriculture and compile an encyclopedia on the subject. Additionally, it is noteworthy that the Carthaginians were the first to discover the Americas before Columbus. Carthage had maritime, commercial, and agricultural power, in addition to excellence in crafts, ceramics, and the arts. The mosaics were delicate and exquisite. Carthaginian mosaics were seized by Rome after their overthrow. Iron machines used to steal the mosaics are still found in museums to this day. After the fall of Carthage, the Romans took Magon's agricultural book as spoils and used it to develop agriculture in Rome, which was suffering from hunger at that time. All the seeds, including lemons, olives, and wheat, were transported to Rome, and agriculture developed thanks to Carthage. Rome intended to make Carthaginian agricultural lands a source of its agricultural needs, and Carthage was called the granary of Rome. It has recently been discovered that the origin of macaroni is Tunisian-Carthaginian. The Carthaginians had a pasta resembling spaghetti but in smaller sizes, made from durum wheat, which was available in Carthage but not in Rome. After the overthrow of Carthage, the Romans learned and developed pasta making. Modern historians reveal many secrets about the great Carthage, and I feel very proud of this. Carthage Tunisia 🇹🇳❤

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They should reconstruct Carthage as it would look incredible like Rome. Including a monument to Hannibal 🧔

Thank you for this - it's a great documentary!

Good doc, but why do we not ID our talking head sources?

Hannibal was exceptional in his time and he's still exceptional in our time.

Nice!!

Love this

🌍YAYYYYYYYYY history!!

The Greatest Hero to have fought the tyranny of Rome!...and he never gave them the pleasure of his being captured and paraded in a triumph by Rome.

🌍 this looks AMAZING!!! :D

As a total madman. Nothing less.

Very good channel. Salutes from havano

A great general, but a great fool. You don't provoke a ferocious wolf with a stick.

Hannibal knew how to float like a butterfly sting like a bee.

"For this next scene I'm going to need 4 of you to chase a goat"

What was the statement that general Patton said in the movie about the Corinthian army and the battle back in the day that the fields were going to worst people with blood or something like that am I wrong or I'm going to completely out of my mind that he lived today as a general

I would say the Punic wars is the greatest conflicts between to great powers,even more than France and the British empire,or England vs Spain,the only thing that rival it is The hostilities between the German reich and Russia ,but still the Punic wars are in a class of its own..

This is not a new doc. Its not new content

We like what you do. Sub'ed to this new channel too

Very interesting. I love re-learning this history. The Roman’s were something else.

is the narrator the voice of pompei in rome?

Leather Lorica Secmentata, and on top in a time period where Lorica Secmentata wasn’t even used in the Roman army.

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Why does the background music have to be so loud it does not make it any more interesting so tone it down please I turned it off

🌍. Glad to be here.

Hannibal at the end he lose from the best General Scipio. This docu must be called , How one man became a busy

" No one before or after Hannibal could have defeated the Roman legions.' Alexander the Great: " Hold my beer and watch this."

strategy seemed even more important back then since all armies basically fought with the same weaponry, well i mean sword and shield

🌏 History channels are my fav

Hannibal,a great military genius ,I mean having African elephants travel through the Alps,like wow..

Why does the older Hannibal's skin look like it's peeling? Is that what the producers behind this think aging is?

Barca is born again 2152017 as BANT

If only he used his tactics in politics.. can’t go against the strongest army wit no back up

DJ Khalid voice: Another One .... please

Sounds awesome

Hannibal lost one eye at the Battle of Trebia it is said. Most likely due to an infection I read. All the more remarkable he was able to accomplish so much afterwards with one eye.

Carthage Immortalized Carthage today is Tunisia, and the ruins still exist. 🇹🇳

and propagandizing young men into militaries is not human sacrifice?

Reading about Hannibal from Livius (a Roman himself) and then watching this documentary by modern historians (Its way more biased)

I,d rather see a film, about him, than Spartacus.

Hey Mary!! Ihuh!!

he made history, facing inept Roman generals and crossing the Alps (resulting in a lot of his men and most of his elephants dying), but Scipio Africanus beat him by "thinking outside the box" and destroying his supply line so instead of destroying Rome, all Hannibal could do is terrorize the local peasants. Then Scipio threatened Carthage, so Hannibal lost the war.

Not sure why bring up rehainna