@@christopherthrawn7541 The film maker(s) brought race into it by making Hannibal white. If a make a film with George Washington as a black man you yourself would have questions.
Even though google says the origin of “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” is from the 1600s, I think Hannibal probably expressed that sentiment first here.
Hannibal was an absolute badass. He simply brought the battle right into Rome's mainland. And as if that wasn't enough, he also humiliated them by bringing the battle to Rome's land.
Technically, Carthago was the Empire that attacked Rome as a revenge for first Punic wars. Rome, at that time, was only shadow of its future might. I have a feeling that in modern "popculture" is Hannibal always seen as underdog, but technically roles were reversed. Yes, Rome was on rise and this conflict was inevitable. Its not humiliating when big empire invades Rome's land.
@@wesleypepple7525 King Shapur I the real nightmare of Roman Empire search about Battle of Edessa the battle is generally viewed as one of the worst disasters in military history
Did you do the DNA test if you belong to the North Africa ! ? Because North Africa had many invasions , the Phoenicians invasion ( Carthage ) who stole some parts of North Africa , romans , Arabs , Turks , French . The only people that belongs to North Africa are numidians
The Moral of the Story to why Romans were able to build an empire was the strength of unity. No matter how many defeats they faced at the hands of Hannibal they remained stronger. Hannibal genius was only limited if you have no support. They wanted to ride the victories of Hannibal but not to help him. Even to the end Hannibal remained loyal to Carthage not because he was loyal to weak political system of the day. He was devoted to a image of Carthage. But Romans learnt from there fatal errors and became the great empire and military giant of history. I always say it’s not admitting defeat that makes you a loser. It’s spirit of tenacious determination of Rome that would not allow this. Maybe Rome knew the system of Carthage was weak and to why they opened multiple fronts and use the tactic of Fabian to hold him until they could rebuild.
@@clevelandwilliams5922 I’m with you on the fundamental idea of ‘never giving up’, but Rome has one singular claim-to-fame: They had enough people to rebuild, refuel, recreate their armies after every humiliatingly-disastrous defeat they suffered. That’s it. They are on the wrong end of 3 or 4 of the greatest lopsided victories in history. They are on the wrong end of at least 2 of the greatest ambushes in history. They didn’t learn & come back stronger. They just got more & more people together, sometimes including defectors from the enemy, until they finally secured Pyrrhic victories. Had they been a smaller country, even if extremely powerful & wealthy & strong -> they would’ve been wiped off the planet & obliterated from history maybe 7 times over (from 7 different combatants that destroyed them in battle). No way you allow 200,000 Roman citizens. 1/3 of the Senate & countless consuls & political leadership be killed by a guy who hung out in your backyard for the next 15 years. . .and think you actually won something.
@@denisjohnson8198 I agree your circumstances and amount of material and supplies makes the difference to mental edge. If you know you still hold trump card on those things it does effect the way they think. But at the same time you need to be able to see that and not allow fear to consume your way of thinking.
Anyone else get the chills watching the part with the montage of Hannibal crossing the alps?! No one really knows how it was or what route Hannibal took, but all those illustrations in the segment were from artists, historians and illustrators down the ages. They were absolutely fascinated by Hannibal's crossing of the alps. Even some Romans themselves felt nothing but praise and admiration, considering him a worthy adversary, one reason why it left such a deep mark on their history.
i Think the true hero is the cameraman, he courageously hold his camera in a middle of a brutal bloody war. without his devotion we would never have access to all this live footage
betty boop He wasn’t what we would call ‘black’ today, nor was he an Israelite. Modern racial divisions didn’t exist back then as they do now. Hannibal was African however, more specifically he was Phoenician. They were a Semitic people from Western Asia, and through there mastery of the sea they colonized much of the Mediterranean world. In appearance Hannibal would look like a middle easterner, neither black nor white, but brown, or olive. The Romans themselves would not have appeared much different. Indeed the Romans would not look like what we would today call white, they to would’ve resembled modern Middle Easterners during the time of Hannibal.
I think Hannibal is my favorite historical figure of all, either him or Cyrus. He operated in hostile territory behind enemy lines, hundreds of miles away from any of his supply lines, in the heart of the most powerful nation on Earth, FOR 15 YEARS(!!!), and never lost a battle during that time! If his country had sent him the support and supplies he needed after Cannae, our world would be a very different place.
How people looser he kill himself.all he hade to do is to do the same as Jules Cesar turn against her haters politicians.thats make Jules Cesar so celebre those days.
I agree with all but one point. Carthage was the superpower at the time, not Rome. Defeating Carthage was the real beginning of the Roman empire. I agree that the world would've been a very different place if Carthage had won, and I thank God they didn't. I don't think a society that slaughtered thousands of infants in ritual sacrifice was a great way to usher in the modern era.
Hannibal was a genius! He recognised skill when he saw it an knew how to bond men over the barrier of different language. An international army! A pity he was betrayed by the greed of his leaders. His story could never be contained in a movie. This brilliant documentary is as close as it will get.
Great documentary on one of History's greatest generals! Hannibal Barca ranks high as one of the most strategic military minds ever in existence. How different all would have been had he seized the opportunity to stamp Rome out. Would be fantastic if the Carthaginians own historical records cam down to this day.
HistoryLover1550 sucks that the Romans had the final word in his story... It's the Romans who wrote what is remembered and presented as history... The Romans controlled what was written in the end...
Hannibal may have failed in his lifetime, but so did Napoleon. Both won major victories (in Italy, no less), but both were eventually defeated and exiled. Still, as generals, they were greatly successful in that they left their mark on the science of warfare and are studied even to this day. Being a victor alone doesn't guarantee that one will be studied; it depends on how one achieves victory, against what odds, and how long one was victorious, even if it eventually ends in defeat.
DeShawn Martell Hannibal was Phoenician , Carthagian , modern day Tunisia with ancestors from Levant (Middle East) Blacks are from Sub-Sahara africa , Hannibal and Carthagians (Ancient Egyptians as well) never conquered Sub-Sahara Africa nor think about it , All their Empires were in Middle East , Asia and Europe So how he was a Proud black man ? Explain please
Magician. Perfect word for what Roman soldiers must have thought about him as he invaded from the north on elephants. Kinda makes me respect Rome (early Rome anyway) all the more for never giving up against such an invincible foe. Carthage was the superpower at the time. Rome was the upstart.
@@rusty0303 idk if Rome was an upstart I’d say it was 50/50 and Carthage was crippled due to the fact it couldn’t build a true navy due to the treaty from the first Punic war
700k troops and 70k Cav, that's what Rome had to draw from allies included. Hannibal came to Italy with what? 25k to 30k troops? He would have had to have Cannae type victory 3 to 4 more times to even get them to negotiations. Even with full Carthagian support, there was only 1 Hannibal, he couldn't guard, Spain, Carthage and stay in Italy. So basically it was a impossible war to win sort of like WW2 for Germany once USSR and USA were in.
13 cities were built by the Phoenicians in Morocco. The ruins of the city of Lixus are large and yet there are only 20% unearthed. You can see the beautiful ruins of Volubilis, but they are very romanized.
Carthage concentrated on keeping their profits from the silver mines in Iberia intact. It didn't work. In view of that, what reason is there to assume that those same forces that failed there were going to succeed in Italy?
@@allanyates8978 Also , dopn't forget Charlemain, Confuscious, Attila the Hun and Alexander the Great. Honorable mentions go to Socrates, Plato, Aristotles, and Winston Churchil.
@@blackbladeszoro2984 Sorry you will have to excuse me. I am from America. God bless. And if he's called Hannibal Barca, then why did they name him Hannibal Lecter in the movie?
Everything is digital today, even the Commercials! Simply scroll the little red dot all the way to the end & it thinks YOU watched the Documentary, then just take your finger & move it back to the left!
What an Awesome story and documentary about the legendary Hannibal who crossed the ALPs with Elephants in Winter. Truly one of the greatest ancient Generals next to Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to ever live
The Numidians rode bareback (i.e. without saddles). Additionally, Hannibal had the more seasoned soldiers as all but the newly recruited Gauls had fighting against the Celt-Iberian tribes in Spain for several years. Aside from that, very good documentary. The Numidians were truly incredible. In the end, cavalry was the great X-Factor as Hannibal lost when he lacked the cavalry advantage at Zama. In fact, the encirclement at Cannae would have been impossible without the Numidian legends.
There is an interesting inaccuracy at 38:50. Another channel, HistoryMarche brilliantly covered Hannibal's campaign in detail. In their video on Trasimene, it is explained that Hannibal could not simply lead his troops uphill to set the trap, but in fact had to march all the way to the end of the pass around the lake, climb the hill there, and march back on the hilltop (at night). All this had to be done in silence and secrecy, and very quickly, as the Romans were one day behind, their scouts at the heel of Hannibal's troops. If he simply climbed the hill as illustrated in this video, it would have left obvious marks, and the Romans would have spotted the ambush.
This is perhaps the greatest documentary I've every enjoyed. every minute I'm glued to my seat. This is like the fifth time I've come back to it over the years.
@sessi47freed Khalid = Immortality Ibn = Son & Walid = New Born. So Immortal Son who’s born. It’s a great name & even though I’m Arabic speaker of Maronite Catholic Church I respect the richness of the language. To me we need to look at the wars Khalid performed in context. The Sassanid Persian & Byzantium Romans engaged in a 30 year slug fest. They literally had no armies left to defend their Arab territory. The Arabs new this. I don’t call them Muslims because this was all created belief system after the invasion. Many Arabs of the day that minted coins that had Muhammad & Cross of Jesus on the flip side. This means Muhammad was a title given to Jesus Christ our Lord & Saviour.
It's called an arch line,, you draw your enemy in on the centre then, your flanks turn, 180 degrees and close in like a blade cutting every thing down,, he used this tatic at, cani,,,,,, battle,,,
In a massive battle, usually you would have to wait for the man in front to fall in order for yourself to fight. But if you surround the enemy, no one is waiting. Everyone is engaged in battle.
Tunisia: Carthage is considered one of the most important civilizations known to the Mediterranean in the pre-Christian world, just like the Greek and Roman civilizations, as well as the Pharaonic ones. The center of this republic-imperial that prevailed in the Mediterranean for centuries is the city of Carthage, which is located in the north of Tunisia, not far from the Tunisian capital, which was founded nearly fifteen centuries after Carthage, but the latter was transformed by urban expansion into one of its suburbs. Legend says that Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Princess Alice, as the Tunisians call her, or Elissar / Elisa, as it was termed in the East, or Didon, as Westerners call it. Alissa or Elissar came from the Lebanese city of Tyre, fleeing from her brother who killed her husband. It is said that there was a priest who told her that it was her destiny to establish a city opposite a mountain with two horns, so she wandered at sea until she reached what is called today the Gulf of Tunis, where the mountain of Dhul-Qarnayn is located. Mount Boukernin as it is called today). And the princess offered the local people to buy from them a plot of land the size of a bull’s skin, and she had what she wanted, and all she wanted was to cut the bull’s skin and turn it into a long, thin thread. Or Elissar, on a large area, on which her city of Carthage or “Qart Hadasht” was founded, meaning the modern village or the new city. And the new Mediterranean metropolis grew, grew, prospered, and excelled over the rest of the surrounding Phoenician cities in various fields, and it became an economic and military power that reads a thousand accounts. The conflict with Rome Rome became a young modern empire emerging after centuries of control of Carthage on the Mediterranean and it was necessary for the emerging modern power (Rome) to displace the aging empire (Carthage), which took its time and increase. Carthage controlled vast lands that extended over the entire northwestern African coast to the Strait of Gibraltar, which was called the Strait of Melqart, after the Carthaginian leader Abd Melqart Baraka, Hannibal's father. Carthage also took control of the Iberian Peninsula, where it founded several cities, including Cartagena and Barcelona (in relation to the Carthaginian Barka family, from which Hannibal and his father Abd Melqart descended, as well as Sadr Baal al-Adel) and its influence reached southern France. Carthage controlled important Mediterranean islands such as Greek Crete and Malta, as well as Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic. It reached the east to the Libyan Gulf of Sirte, where it signed a border agreement with the Greeks who controlled the Egyptian Mediterranean coast and eastern Libya. Although it was at the end of its reign, Carthage fought three major wars against the Romans that lasted for many years and ended with the burning of Carthage at the hands of the Roman commander Sepion. These epics witnessed the emergence of great leaders who gained wide fame, including Abd Melkart Barca (Amilcar) and his son Hannibal, who crossed the Alps with his villa and his legions of armies and besieged Rome for nearly ten years and fought many battles on its borders, the most important of which was the famous Battle of Cannae. Scout people The Carthaginians noticed early and before others the importance of the African continent, so they sailed in the Atlantic Ocean, which the Arabs feared and called it the “Sea of Darkness” and established their settlements in West Africa along the African coast. Perhaps the most famous expedition is the journey of the traveler ruler Hanoun, which took place around the fifth century BC and was written down and became famous unlike the rest of the trips. The Carthaginians also reached the British Isles across the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the North Sea on the borders of the Scandinavian countries in search of tin and everything that would benefit the empire. These trade trips were preceded by the famous campaign of the travellers, Carthage, which opened the door wide for the merchants of Carthage to expand their trade to include the north of the old continent across the sea. It is said that the Carthaginians also reached the American continent, in view of what was mentioned in some books of the Greeks, which spoke of a vast land beyond the ocean that was a source of the Carthaginian wealth. Carthaginian coins were also found containing an approximate image of a world map that includes a large land area located directly after the sea, which is supposed to be the Atlantic Ocean. Carthage scholars Science developed and flourished in Carthage, and this civilization gave birth to many scientists and thinkers. Perhaps the most famous of them all is the geneticist and agricultural scientist Magon, who composed an encyclopedia that the Romans relied on later and after the Carthaginians in developing their agricultural sciences. Regarding Magon’s Encyclopedia, Tunisian historian Muhammad Hussein Fantar says: “The encyclopedia that Magon wrote on agricultural affairs was in the Dar al-Kutub in Carthage, and perhaps copies of it were owned by some private people, especially those who were engaged in agriculture. Magoon's Encyclopedia was not among the kind of books that remain on the shelves of libraries. Rather, it was a means of work that its owner would return to when needed. Perhaps some of its chapters were stuck in the rooms of the supervisors on the cultivation of the land, regardless of their specializations. When the Third Punic War and the fall of Carthage, Chebion Amelia Nuss ordered the house of books in Carthage to be looted and burned, and the books that had escaped from the burning fire were given to the Numidian kings and their princes, with the exception of the encyclopedia written by Magon in the sciences of agriculture, the Romans accounted for it and ordered their Senate to transfer it to The Latin language was appointed, and a committee of translators was appointed to supervise this work, which was shortened by Dionysius to the Greek tongue, and he dedicated his work to the governor of Africa at the time, Sextilius, and this took place in the year 88 BC. It should be noted that there is a third translation of Magon's encyclopedia based on the translation of Diosnius Diovan made by Diovan the Nicaea, who contented himself with summarizing the text translated by Diosnius. The twenty parts were turned into 6 parts, and Diovan presented his work as a gift to King Deotarus, and the interest in Magon's encyclopedia did not stop, but it seems that the summary made by Diovan was done in two parts and this work was done by the philosopher Phleon, who was studying in the city of Rome around 48 BC. Despite this care and this continuous interest in the episodes, only 66 paragraphs remain from Magon’s Encyclopedia, which were mentioned in the books of some agricultural scientists, including Ron Kolomala and Gergelius Marsalis the African who lived in the third century AD and others. In addition to all of them, a reference must be made to those who praised Magon and his writings, including the famous writer and the eloquent lawyer, Faqiron. It is proven that the encyclopedia was popular in the Roman circles, so those who wanted to write about agriculture had to return to it because of its benefits. It was stated in some chapters from the book of Wron that the supervisor of cow breeding was carrying with him extracts from the encyclopedia, so he dealt with how to treat bulls. And some of the ancients mentioned that the Roman poet Virgilius, when he wanted to write his poems about rural life, used the Magonian encyclopedia, which was a reference that the reader would find in the book houses and was one of the most important scientific books that the village is not without. and countryside. Many contemporary historians believe that the encyclopedia made an effective contribution to reviving the Italian economy, and it is likely that it crossed the ages until it reached Ibn al-Awwam al-Andalus.
@@pansap6387 he would have won, if the Cartagenion Officials did not have been bribed with Roman Gold, and if the Greeks had recieved is messages of Help !
@@serenemountain6769 No he wouldn't. As genius as he was, Hannibal with his weak ressources didn't have any chances against the monstrous roman military logistic. He knew that, that's why he tried to return Italian locals against the Romans but it failed. Macedonian couldn't help Carthage because the Romans had blocked all the naval communication lines. Carthaginian officials were pragmatics, they knew the roman victory was a question of time.
Scipio was really a great general. I would love to see a documentary about him. It seems his fellow romans felt about him as they did with Fabius. Scipio with a smaller force defeated Hannibals brothers in Spain,but let Hasdrubal escape and he was criticized for that even though had he pursued him he would have been caught between three armies in bad terrain. I love Roman history and admire some of their accomplishments but their pride got in the way of stratigic thinking.
Zach Scipio bribed part of Hannibal's army to betray him even though he had superior forces (1:07:15).. That in my opinion can never be part of the make-up of a great general.. That is cowardice
John Smith stick to the point.. A great general does not need the tactics of cowards to win battles. A great general encircles large armies with a smaller force
@@owaisqureshi4576 You’re right, he was a black man demolishing them. You’re the first person I’ve seen be honest that Shemitic people were black even though the Romans themselves said they were black and the Torah said Shem was Black and pleasing before it was changed to white and pleasing in the 16th century.
Rome comprehensively erased Carthage from history but such was Hannibals fame that they couldn't erase his story and he is more famous than any of their own generals.
the senate of cartage were behind his defeat. They were not into this war. Basically cartage was a commercial empire with little population unlike Rome with vast human resources and land military power. Hannibal could have won 10 more battles but never the war
You said Hannibal is more famous than any other general. That is wrong. Julis Ceasar is 100x more famous, and 10000x more influential. He is also regarded as one of the best military minds of all time, along with Hannibal Barca, all cudos to him.@@translumination2002
@Abu Misir yeah but my comment wasn't about add blocks it was about you being a sarcastic little boy calling people dumb for having a bit of a laugh about how many adds there was on this vid and well I'm going to stick to my original comment about you being sarcastic because of your come back about add block being around for 200 years,, so I will say it again,, Sarcastic much mate..
Part of their hold on power was their control of provinces where they could draw troops from. Ironically it would be those same people who turn on them in the end. There ability to create those armies diminished and their standing lowered, they would soon fall.
@Gee Gnome Project u say that yet the west is founded on and is heavily influenced by Roman ideals. Without them history wouldn't have played out like it has up to this point.
@Gee Gnome Project Because they don't have the money and influence to do it lol, you always want to make see like africans or their descendant are saint when they even mistreat their own people, the difference of african and other ethnic groups is the power and money
@ Anyone who even studies true African history slightly will see just how ignoramic your comment truly is.This is 2019 ,true African history saturates the internet.There were NO Caucasian Empires in ancient Africa.In terms of culture,art,statues,religion,language,geography,historian reports,DNA,mummies,geography,advanced ancient civilizations,climate, science,and much more,your comment is so stupid and remedial it doesn,t even deserve a comment from intelligent knowledgable peopleMany anthropologist have examined African cemetaries,no Caucasians found..I can guarantee you,if I made videos showing lions and tigers indeginous to the north pole,remedial people like you would swear it was true because you saw it,on a video.Seriously,study this subject or any other before you spout such garbage,because most people have brains and u r making a complete fool of yourself.
@@anabellido1487 It's quite contentious to establish wether he indeed wasn't able to take advantage of his tactical victories, or simply didn't have the tools at his disposal to bring about the destruction of Rome. As the documentary well shows, Hannibal wasn't granted much support by the Carthaginian Senate. On top of that, it is important to remember that, as many later authors well described, the Carthaginian political system was far weaker than the Roman, being this the case to such a degree that Polibyus stated that it was the Roman political system that was the cornerstone of the empire (Source: SPQR). Besides that, the Carthaginian army was based upon a loosely knit army of mercenaries of different origins, which is always bound to be of inferior utility than a citizen army, as Niccolò Machiavelli well pointed out in "The Prince". All in all, a weaker political system combined with an army that wasn't drawn from the citizenship resulted in a disadvantage for the Carthaginians, and despite Hannibal's tactical genius, it's ultimate doom.
@@Dimebag017 Semitic originates from the accounts of genesis. Take it easy breasy. Arabs are semites as well. In fact, Arabs and Jews are of the same family. No one talks about that.
@@Dimebag017 I don't think that's true. It's an important word especially useful in classifying languages. It doesn't necessarily refer to Jewish people, and when it does it has little to no hostile connotations. At least not in my experience, that is.
The Romans resiliency is astonishing...the losses that they have suffered in several wars would have caused almost any other nation or empire to sue for peace...or utterly collapse...somehow they would weather the storm and fight until they finally won....really boggles my mind
@@kevinbarry6328, Wikipedia says The Carthaginians came from The Canaanites and were Semitic. The makers of this documentary might have had trouble finding dark coloured actors but at one scene there, they sure found one who looks like Hannibals portrait and statue, that's for sure. So funny how the makers of pictures find all these lookalikes.
@@bonniemagpie9960 Nah uh miss. The carthaginians came from a people in the Levante called the *Phoenicians* who were dark in color and had emigrated earlier from Africa. I actually do know what I'm talking about.
@@edwardjohnson8172 The amount of time and effort put into this video warrants ad's. You think people just spend 3 days making something and not put an ad on it? Also, you can use Adblock, I've yet to see any ads, magic. If you want quality content the creator needs to be paid in some way. That's how the creator economy works.
La Donna Hightower me too!! It helps me focused oddly enough and I’ve watched over hundreds of documentaries at this point, since I started listening to them and working
Rentaghost okish especially because bringing them along was a bad idea for both him and the elephants. Bringing them over good terrain is fine but over the alps was kinda dumb it slowed down his army and was fatal for the elephants
gideondavid30 HBO did a brilliant one just like that about Julius Caesar during his Civil War, leading into Octavian’s rise to Augustus. I think you would love that. Very intricate politics like GoT, but imo better. It is called ROME.
Yup I would love HBO to do a series on Hannibal Barca and also a series on The war of the roses. Hopefully the battles will be large scale like game of thrones battles.
Its tricky because you will have a lot of afrocentrists making a fuss if it is not a black actor. Poor director will be labelled a racist and oppressor for correctly casting an olive skinned actor as hannibal!
If Hannibal was lets say ... Emperor of Carthage or DICTATOR FOR LIFE lol it would have been a different story. Hannibal & Caesar both in the end betrayed by their senate
Charles Jones Caesar started the foundation of the Roman Empire though, it was still the Republic of Rome in Caesars glory days, and after Caesars death the Romans became the Roman empire and conquered even more so I dont get your point? Lool
he ended up getting them destroyed, he couldn't have ever captured rome. the romans were auctioning the land Hannibal stood, the romans knew they would win and were preparing to sell off the land to citizens once he was removed, even as he fought them.
Both Hannibal and Scipio were forced into an exile (although, Scipio's exile was self-imposed) and both died far from home, in the very same year....Years later, during the 3rd Punic War when the Romans attacked the city of Carthage, one of the first Romans who climbed the wall (and lived) of this city that stood for more than 800 yrs, was Tiberius Gracchus ---- a grandson of Scipio -The Great -Africanus.
Hannibal was one of the greatest military minds of antiquity. The history was written by the Romans. I wonder what the title to this video would be if Carthage had won the Punic Wars?
Goodmorning, yes the name Barca exists in spain and Portugal, my family name is Barca, and in Portugal they say we are his descendts, but is normal because we also have family names from the old egipt .
The name Barca is a amazighain family came from city barka in Libya in North Africa that’s a fact and most Latino people come from North Africa even in South America
@Mike J Yes Latinos were mostly native very few North African immigrate there, even it was under Carthaginian role but it was limited to military's control and politically acceptance from the locals to be under Carthage control , same what Rome did to their colonies, you can't call British , a Roman descendants
So was Scipio, and he got back at it better by ordering that he not be buried in Rome to be a propaganda tool by such people. Unfortunately an adopted Scipio was an predatory profiteer and managed to do so anyway, making the Gracchi, Caesar, and possibly Spartacus, possible.
My old Army units call sign was Hannibal and everyone thought it was silly. I encouraged them to read a history book. Also if someone was chucking pots of poisonous snakes at me, I would take my chance in the ocean as well.
what has always fascinated me most is the way in which Rome managed to avoid the catastrophe inevitable after CANNE and to reverse events. The "draconian" measures taken by the Senate were unprecedented and were very harsh especially against Roman citizens and families who had lost loved ones in Canne . what would become the largest empire in the western world was born precisely from these events, in the toughest defeat, in the deepest fear they managed to find the strength and resources to win then and forever.
Historian on Roman generals: “if you win it’s glory for you and your family forever... and if you lose well... that’s tough”. That sounds like every sports fan after their team just beat their rivals 😭😂
Take note: Once they use Caucasian, so-called white people to narrate the Dark Skinned Royal people of Africa, expect them to depict Hannibal as a Roman Caucasian, so-called white, child and man.
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Hannibal was a white man?
@@twashington5446 your totally wright on this point..HANNIBAL WAS A 🗣👑BLACK MEN.
@@twashington5446 don't bring race into this great series
@@christopherthrawn7541 The film maker(s) brought race into it by making Hannibal white. If a make a film with George Washington as a black man you yourself would have questions.
@Niko Gambino hi
"I will either find a way or make one"
Hannibal
What a legend...
Even though google says the origin of “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” is from the 1600s, I think Hannibal probably expressed that sentiment first here.
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@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820also google say a lot of BS in the first results. One have to look at good sources
@@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 It's Aut inveniam viam aut faciam and has been around since antiquity.
Folks, remember that the Lord God is alive! It's never too late to turn your life around, fiends.
Hannibal was an absolute badass. He simply brought the battle right into Rome's mainland. And as if that wasn't enough, he also humiliated them by bringing the battle to Rome's land.
A humiliation that Scipio would repay in kind at Zama.
So did Atila the Hun he attacked both Western and Eastern empires
Technically, Carthago was the Empire that attacked Rome as a revenge for first Punic wars. Rome, at that time, was only shadow of its future might. I have a feeling that in modern "popculture" is Hannibal always seen as underdog, but technically roles were reversed. Yes, Rome was on rise and this conflict was inevitable. Its not humiliating when big empire invades Rome's land.
@@wesleypepple7525 King Shapur I the real nightmare of Roman Empire search about Battle of Edessa the battle is generally viewed as one of the worst disasters in military history
@@seraphx26 Scipio wouldn't have a chance if Hannibal was supported by his government and never got betrayed...
I enjoyed this 16 hour video. My favorite part was when the dawn power wash advertisement played for the 900th time in a row.
Even decades after his defeat, he went out like a boss.
A real boss who got every member of his race exterminated
He killed himself
As a tunisian i can t be less proud of Hannibal...his dertanimation is iconic 🇹🇳
Did you do the DNA test if you belong to the North Africa ! ? Because North Africa had many invasions , the Phoenicians invasion ( Carthage ) who stole some parts of North Africa , romans , Arabs , Turks , French . The only people that belongs to North Africa are numidians
Together 👳
@@bejakabyle what about libyans they were different people of North are you Moroccan
But sad he took his own life though
@@bejakabyle Are you proud of the child sacrifice they practiced. LOL
Hannibal's remembered for trying and to be called a proud failure is something very unique in a world where history is written by the victors.
The Moral of the Story to why Romans were able to build an empire was the strength of unity. No matter how many defeats they faced at the hands of Hannibal they remained stronger. Hannibal genius was only limited if you have no support. They wanted to ride the victories of Hannibal but not to help him. Even to the end Hannibal remained loyal to Carthage not because he was loyal to weak political system of the day. He was devoted to a image of Carthage. But Romans learnt from there fatal errors and became the great empire and military giant of history. I always say it’s not admitting defeat that makes you a loser. It’s spirit of tenacious determination of Rome that would not allow this. Maybe Rome knew the system of Carthage was weak and to why they opened multiple fronts and use the tactic of Fabian to hold him until they could rebuild.
Well said
@@clevelandwilliams5922 I’m with you on the fundamental idea of ‘never giving up’, but Rome has one singular claim-to-fame: They had enough people to rebuild, refuel, recreate their armies after every humiliatingly-disastrous defeat they suffered. That’s it.
They are on the wrong end of 3 or 4 of the greatest lopsided victories in history. They are on the wrong end of at least 2 of the greatest ambushes in history. They didn’t learn & come back stronger. They just got more & more people together, sometimes including defectors from the enemy, until they finally secured Pyrrhic victories. Had they been a smaller country, even if extremely powerful & wealthy & strong -> they would’ve been wiped off the planet & obliterated from history maybe 7 times over (from 7 different combatants that destroyed them in battle). No way you allow 200,000 Roman citizens. 1/3 of the Senate & countless consuls & political leadership be killed by a guy who hung out in your backyard for the next 15 years. . .and think you actually won something.
@@denisjohnson8198 I agree your circumstances and amount of material and supplies makes the difference to mental edge. If you know you still hold trump card on those things it does effect the way they think. But at the same time you need to be able to see that and not allow fear to consume your way of thinking.
@Amey Tiwari he did
Anyone else get the chills watching the part with the montage of Hannibal crossing the alps?! No one really knows how it was or what route Hannibal took, but all those illustrations in the segment were from artists, historians and illustrators down the ages. They were absolutely fascinated by Hannibal's crossing of the alps. Even some Romans themselves felt nothing but praise and admiration, considering him a worthy adversary, one reason why it left such a deep mark on their history.
When you recognise the achievements of your enemy that says something
i Think the true hero is the cameraman, he courageously hold his camera in a middle of a brutal bloody war. without his devotion we would never have access to all this live footage
Hysterical.
@@axiomaddict Live footage. Lol
Dang that’s true good catch 👍🏽
this kind of comment has never been made before and you are a god of comedy
thats not as clever as you think it is
Thank you for enlightening me on Hannibal. My history teachers only did "Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants, end of story!"
Why she did that because she didn't wanted to tell you that he was a so call black man,an Israelite.God bless 💞.
betty boop
He wasn’t what we would call ‘black’ today, nor was he an Israelite. Modern racial divisions didn’t exist back then as they do now. Hannibal was African however, more specifically he was Phoenician. They were a Semitic people from Western Asia, and through there mastery of the sea they colonized much of the Mediterranean world. In appearance Hannibal would look like a middle easterner, neither black nor white, but brown, or olive. The Romans themselves would not have appeared much different. Indeed the Romans would not look like what we would today call white, they to would’ve resembled modern Middle Easterners during the time of Hannibal.
Dante Caputo thank you thats how ridiclous race is today😢 everyone was olive back then
Wasn't that Genghis Khan?
@@dantecaputo2629 n
I think Hannibal is my favorite historical figure of all, either him or Cyrus. He operated in hostile territory behind enemy lines, hundreds of miles away from any of his supply lines, in the heart of the most powerful nation on Earth, FOR 15 YEARS(!!!), and never lost a battle during that time! If his country had sent him the support and supplies he needed after Cannae, our world would be a very different place.
@Gary Paskvić your a hater
How people looser he kill himself.all he hade to do is to do the same as Jules Cesar turn against her haters politicians.thats make Jules Cesar so celebre those days.
@Beauty QueenTell the truth!..thank you
He also burned a woman and little girl alive because their husband/dad, who was a soldier in his army, ran off (or went missing any way). Not a fan.
I agree with all but one point. Carthage was the superpower at the time, not Rome. Defeating Carthage was the real beginning of the Roman empire.
I agree that the world would've been a very different place if Carthage had won, and I thank God they didn't. I don't think a society that slaughtered thousands of infants in ritual sacrifice was a great way to usher in the modern era.
Hannibal was a genius! He recognised skill when he saw it an knew how to bond men over the barrier of different language. An international army! A pity he was betrayed by the greed of his leaders. His story could never be contained in a movie. This brilliant documentary is as close as it will get.
Great documentary on one of History's greatest generals! Hannibal Barca ranks high as one of the most strategic military minds ever in existence. How different all would have been had he seized the opportunity to stamp Rome out. Would be fantastic if the Carthaginians own historical records cam down to this day.
HistoryLover1550 tactical he achieved zero strategic goals
Joshua Smith you are right but we have to blame the disunity of karthagenian parliament for that.
He was more of an employee than a conquoring ruler.
Cyrus Mandrakov He was just a guy who liked to fight. He was bored. They didn't have video games back then, so that's how he entertained himself.
HistoryLover1550 THAT would be a very interesting.
HistoryLover1550 sucks that the Romans had the final word in his story... It's the Romans who wrote what is remembered and presented as history... The Romans controlled what was written in the end...
Hannibal may have failed in his lifetime, but so did Napoleon. Both won major victories (in Italy, no less), but both were eventually defeated and exiled. Still, as generals, they were greatly successful in that they left their mark on the science of warfare and are studied even to this day. Being a victor alone doesn't guarantee that one will be studied; it depends on how one achieves victory, against what odds, and how long one was victorious, even if it eventually ends in defeat.
Wowwww
But did Napoleon eat his enemies' livers with fave beans and a nice Chianti?
Well said
@@frankmanning3815 LOL
A few VS many deff counts.
What a documentary! I so much admire the strategies deployed by Hannibal against his adversaries. He was indeed a strategic genius!
The Tunisian Carthagian hero so proud of our history
It wasn't the romans that beat him, all the ads finally wore him down.
good one
Not enough self heal or mitigation.
😂😂😂😂
What ads?
Mr. Groovy 2 Shoes you idiot.
I really hope that Hannibal is benefitting hugely from the ridiculous amount of ads in this video. He deserves it.
yea his ancestors are getting the benefits
Depending on whether you use Chrome, Microsoft, etc., there are some decent ad blockers out there. If you have Chrome, there is AdBlocker for UA-cam.
That's why I gladly pony up $9.99 a month for UA-cam Premium. WELL worth it.
@@RobbyHouseIV you can get a free adblock tho
UA-cam premium. Get it.
Fascinating, real history is more crazy than any fiction.
Thanks
The Battle of Canae was freaking unbelievable! Hannibal was a beast!
And all with having 1 good eye. He was blinded at the battle of Trisame when a bug bit him in one of his eyes.
Cannae* ):
I would usually put a happy face but I cry about that battle. Just a friendly spelling tip.
I like the fact that this states that Roman-Carthage wars are the most memorable wars in history. Most people probably don't even know what it is.
Most people arent well educated :D
lol I guess we are the minority:D
Things I like LoL were smart 😝
DeShawn Martell
Hannibal was Phoenician , Carthagian , modern day Tunisia with ancestors from Levant (Middle East)
Blacks are from Sub-Sahara africa , Hannibal and Carthagians (Ancient Egyptians as well) never conquered Sub-Sahara Africa nor think about it , All their Empires were in Middle East , Asia and Europe
So how he was a Proud black man ? Explain please
Sadiebubs Fact!
Narrated by Kenneth Cranham who also played Pompey Magnus in the TV series Rome. What a great voice.
I knew I recognized that voice!
Really????
Wow.
As soon as I heard it I thought it had to be him. Very nice voice
Pompey has a unique accent. He should do more voiceover work.
I was trying to figure out this voice while watching and thankful you satisfied that brain itch
Cant wait to see Hannibal in the next Oversimplified video.
No doubt, one of the greatest military minds to march an army into a foreign land. He was a military magician.
Magician. Perfect word for what Roman soldiers must have thought about him as he invaded from the north on elephants.
Kinda makes me respect Rome (early Rome anyway) all the more for never giving up against such an invincible foe. Carthage was the superpower at the time. Rome was the upstart.
Rome had already won the first war and most of hannibal's army died while they were crossing the Alpes. Rome was the favorites.
DG2244 I agree! A Military Tactician Magician!
@@thegame5687 fuc rome
@@rusty0303 idk if Rome was an upstart I’d say it was 50/50 and Carthage was crippled due to the fact it couldn’t build a true navy due to the treaty from the first Punic war
I don't mind a couple of ads but this is ridiculous
Get Adblock Plus
Idiot
I did not get any adds. Sometimes I do but I don't know what makes the difference.
Romani Antiqui Who is the copyright holder to this video?
Have you contacted them?
Moral of the story: A house divided can not long stand. Carthage never truly supported Hannibal.
Hannibal never supported Carthage. He had a personal grudge. And Rome was NEVER going to go down.
700k troops and 70k Cav, that's what Rome had to draw from allies included.
Hannibal came to Italy with what? 25k to 30k troops?
He would have had to have Cannae type victory 3 to 4 more times to even get them to negotiations.
Even with full Carthagian support, there was only 1 Hannibal, he couldn't guard, Spain, Carthage and stay in Italy.
So basically it was a impossible war to win sort of like WW2 for Germany once USSR and USA were in.
Kruppt808 I agree
@@Kruppt808 with hannibal, never till him the odds
They was all called bloody Hannibal of sorts
So much history to see in Tunisia...I've been to Morocco to see their beautiful country before lockdown...Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia are next
Still run by Ottoman Turks who now claim to be Arabs
13 cities were built by the Phoenicians in Morocco. The ruins of the city of Lixus are large and yet there are only 20% unearthed. You can see the beautiful ruins of Volubilis, but they are very romanized.
In the end, Hannibal's back is broken from carrying all the weight of Carthage in this war
Carthage concentrated on keeping their profits from the silver mines in Iberia intact. It didn't work. In view of that, what reason is there to assume that those same forces that failed there were going to succeed in Italy?
Correction: Hannibal's Black African back...
@@allanyates8978 Also , dopn't forget Charlemain, Confuscious, Attila the Hun and Alexander the Great. Honorable mentions go to Socrates, Plato, Aristotles, and Winston Churchil.
@@allanyates8978 Hannibal was half black half Phoenician.
Since Phoenicians were half black Hannibal was 75% black
Hannibal was a Black African. Not white or mixed or any of that. What else are y'all lying about?
Why was there no legit film on Hannibal? We need a History show on him like Vikings
They made Hannibal Lecter didn't they. And Silence of the lambs.
Petyr Baelish poor joke attempt
@@blackbladeszoro2984 Huh? Joke attempt...?
Petyr Baelish This documentary is about Hannibal Barca of Carthage not Hannibal Lecter lol
@@blackbladeszoro2984 Sorry you will have to excuse me. I am from America. God bless. And if he's called Hannibal Barca, then why did they name him Hannibal Lecter in the movie?
I wish they had just a few more commercials?
Pfsif JUST A FEW
@@DennisAlexioAndyHug its called adblock guys. download chrome and add it to your browser. literally non on any timeline docs now, un wathable without
Everything is digital today, even the Commercials! Simply scroll the little red dot all the way to the end & it thinks YOU watched the Documentary, then just take your finger & move it back to the left!
@@TimothyMcAleeSrGeD 😃 I just did what you said and it worked! No more ads!👍🏻Yea!🎉
Another great BLACK man
Bro, why havent they made a blockbuster hit on this story... such an epic time in history that needs to be brought on the big screen.
What an Awesome story and documentary about the legendary Hannibal who crossed the ALPs with Elephants in Winter. Truly one of the greatest ancient Generals next to Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to ever live
Btw in the video they are asiatic elephants not African elephants 🙄
Where'd they get the elephant from I notice every great warrior Europeans trying to make him his European as possible now you stole Hannibal
The Numidians rode bareback (i.e. without saddles). Additionally, Hannibal had the more seasoned soldiers as all but the newly recruited Gauls had fighting against the Celt-Iberian tribes in Spain for several years. Aside from that, very good documentary. The Numidians were truly incredible. In the end, cavalry was the great X-Factor as Hannibal lost when he lacked the cavalry advantage at Zama. In fact, the encirclement at Cannae would have been impossible without the Numidian legends.
There is an interesting inaccuracy at 38:50. Another channel, HistoryMarche brilliantly covered Hannibal's campaign in detail. In their video on Trasimene, it is explained that Hannibal could not simply lead his troops uphill to set the trap, but in fact had to march all the way to the end of the pass around the lake, climb the hill there, and march back on the hilltop (at night). All this had to be done in silence and secrecy, and very quickly, as the Romans were one day behind, their scouts at the heel of Hannibal's troops. If he simply climbed the hill as illustrated in this video, it would have left obvious marks, and the Romans would have spotted the ambush.
This is perhaps the greatest documentary I've every enjoyed. every minute I'm glued to my seat. This is like the fifth time I've come back to it over the years.
This was brilliantly put together, thank you
The narrator, Kenneth Cranham, also plays Pompey Magnus in HBO's Rome!
Was he also the narrator in BBC's Hannibal :Rome's worst nightmare?
Came here to say this! Love the guy!
Ferdinand1989 you right! Totally didn't notice that until I read your comment.. lol i love Rome!
I thought the narrators voice sounded familiar.
Knew I had heard that voice before.
I miss the days when historical documentaries were like this.
WHAT FULL OF WHITE LIES AND DISTORTIONS. HANNIBLE WAS AFRICAN WHERE ARE THE BLACK ACTORS IN THIS DOCUMENTRY.
@@Thedetoxman 🤣did you watch the fake history channel version
@@Thedetoxman .......THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME.........THE WHITE WASHING.....🏆!!!!!!!💯!!!!!!🕵
Fabricated and white washed ..me too
@@Thedetoxman Dude please stop.
One of the greatest generals that has ever existed on this planet. period.
@sessi47freed Alexander The Great and Iulius Caesar are clear
@sessi47freed tbf the crusaders was a mess
@sessi47freed Khalid = Immortality Ibn = Son & Walid = New Born. So Immortal Son who’s born. It’s a great name & even though I’m Arabic speaker of Maronite Catholic Church I respect the richness of the language. To me we need to look at the wars Khalid performed in context. The Sassanid Persian & Byzantium Romans engaged in a 30 year slug fest. They literally had no armies left to defend their Arab territory. The Arabs new this. I don’t call them Muslims because this was all created belief system after the invasion. Many Arabs of the day that minted coins that had Muhammad & Cross of Jesus on the flip side. This means Muhammad was a title given to Jesus Christ our Lord & Saviour.
Hannibal Barca 🇹🇳 🇹🇳 ♥️♥️ '' Either we find a way or we will make one''
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Long Live Tunisia ♥️♥️
@@Soola7 آمين
@Doc M carthage is now tunisia
@@Soola7
Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lybia and Spain ;)
We can re-establish cartage right now with the ads' revenue
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The encirclement of a greater army by a smaller army. Absolutely brilliant.
It's called an arch line,, you draw your enemy in on the centre then, your flanks turn, 180 degrees and close in like a blade cutting every thing down,, he used this tatic at, cani,,,,,, battle,,,
This tactic creates a wider area of fighting. Multiple fronts.
Exactly!
In a massive battle, usually you would have to wait for the man in front to fall in order for yourself to fight. But if you surround the enemy, no one is waiting. Everyone is engaged in battle.
The size of an army doesn't matter if you're cornered and have no where to move ;)
Tunisia: Carthage is considered one of the most important civilizations known to the Mediterranean in the pre-Christian world, just like the Greek and Roman civilizations, as well as the Pharaonic ones. The center of this republic-imperial that prevailed in the Mediterranean for centuries is the city of Carthage, which is located in the north of Tunisia, not far from the Tunisian capital, which was founded nearly fifteen centuries after Carthage, but the latter was transformed by urban expansion into one of its suburbs.
Legend says that Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Princess Alice, as the Tunisians call her, or Elissar / Elisa, as it was termed in the East, or Didon, as Westerners call it. Alissa or Elissar came from the Lebanese city of Tyre, fleeing from her brother who killed her husband. It is said that there was a priest who told her that it was her destiny to establish a city opposite a mountain with two horns, so she wandered at sea until she reached what is called today the Gulf of Tunis, where the mountain of Dhul-Qarnayn is located. Mount Boukernin as it is called today).
And the princess offered the local people to buy from them a plot of land the size of a bull’s skin, and she had what she wanted, and all she wanted was to cut the bull’s skin and turn it into a long, thin thread. Or Elissar, on a large area, on which her city of Carthage or “Qart Hadasht” was founded, meaning the modern village or the new city. And the new Mediterranean metropolis grew, grew, prospered, and excelled over the rest of the surrounding Phoenician cities in various fields, and it became an economic and military power that reads a thousand accounts.
The conflict with Rome
Rome became a young modern empire emerging after centuries of control of Carthage on the Mediterranean and it was necessary for the emerging modern power (Rome) to displace the aging empire (Carthage), which took its time and increase. Carthage controlled vast lands that extended over the entire northwestern African coast to the Strait of Gibraltar, which was called the Strait of Melqart, after the Carthaginian leader Abd Melqart Baraka, Hannibal's father. Carthage also took control of the Iberian Peninsula, where it founded several cities, including Cartagena and Barcelona (in relation to the Carthaginian Barka family, from which Hannibal and his father Abd Melqart descended, as well as Sadr Baal al-Adel) and its influence reached southern France.
Carthage controlled important Mediterranean islands such as Greek Crete and Malta, as well as Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic. It reached the east to the Libyan Gulf of Sirte, where it signed a border agreement with the Greeks who controlled the Egyptian Mediterranean coast and eastern Libya.
Although it was at the end of its reign, Carthage fought three major wars against the Romans that lasted for many years and ended with the burning of Carthage at the hands of the Roman commander Sepion. These epics witnessed the emergence of great leaders who gained wide fame, including Abd Melkart Barca (Amilcar) and his son Hannibal, who crossed the Alps with his villa and his legions of armies and besieged Rome for nearly ten years and fought many battles on its borders, the most important of which was the famous Battle of Cannae.
Scout people
The Carthaginians noticed early and before others the importance of the African continent, so they sailed in the Atlantic Ocean, which the Arabs feared and called it the “Sea of Darkness” and established their settlements in West Africa along the African coast. Perhaps the most famous expedition is the journey of the traveler ruler Hanoun, which took place around the fifth century BC and was written down and became famous unlike the rest of the trips.
The Carthaginians also reached the British Isles across the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the North Sea on the borders of the Scandinavian countries in search of tin and everything that would benefit the empire. These trade trips were preceded by the famous campaign of the travellers, Carthage, which opened the door wide for the merchants of Carthage to expand their trade to include the north of the old continent across the sea.
It is said that the Carthaginians also reached the American continent, in view of what was mentioned in some books of the Greeks, which spoke of a vast land beyond the ocean that was a source of the Carthaginian wealth. Carthaginian coins were also found containing an approximate image of a world map that includes a large land area located directly after the sea, which is supposed to be the Atlantic Ocean.
Carthage scholars
Science developed and flourished in Carthage, and this civilization gave birth to many scientists and thinkers. Perhaps the most famous of them all is the geneticist and agricultural scientist Magon, who composed an encyclopedia that the Romans relied on later and after the Carthaginians in developing their agricultural sciences. Regarding Magon’s Encyclopedia, Tunisian historian Muhammad Hussein Fantar says: “The encyclopedia that Magon wrote on agricultural affairs was in the Dar al-Kutub in Carthage, and perhaps copies of it were owned by some private people, especially those who were engaged in agriculture. Magoon's Encyclopedia was not among the kind of books that remain on the shelves of libraries. Rather, it was a means of work that its owner would return to when needed. Perhaps some of its chapters were stuck in the rooms of the supervisors on the cultivation of the land, regardless of their specializations.
When the Third Punic War and the fall of Carthage, Chebion Amelia Nuss ordered the house of books in Carthage to be looted and burned, and the books that had escaped from the burning fire were given to the Numidian kings and their princes, with the exception of the encyclopedia written by Magon in the sciences of agriculture, the Romans accounted for it and ordered their Senate to transfer it to The Latin language was appointed, and a committee of translators was appointed to supervise this work, which was shortened by Dionysius to the Greek tongue, and he dedicated his work to the governor of Africa at the time, Sextilius, and this took place in the year 88 BC.
It should be noted that there is a third translation of Magon's encyclopedia based on the translation of Diosnius Diovan made by Diovan the Nicaea, who contented himself with summarizing the text translated by Diosnius. The twenty parts were turned into 6 parts, and Diovan presented his work as a gift to King Deotarus, and the interest in Magon's encyclopedia did not stop, but it seems that the summary made by Diovan was done in two parts and this work was done by the philosopher Phleon, who was studying in the city of Rome around 48 BC.
Despite this care and this continuous interest in the episodes, only 66 paragraphs remain from Magon’s Encyclopedia, which were mentioned in the books of some agricultural scientists, including Ron Kolomala and Gergelius Marsalis the African who lived in the third century AD and others. In addition to all of them, a reference must be made to those who praised Magon and his writings, including the famous writer and the eloquent lawyer, Faqiron. It is proven that the encyclopedia was popular in the Roman circles, so those who wanted to write about agriculture had to return to it because of its benefits.
It was stated in some chapters from the book of Wron that the supervisor of cow breeding was carrying with him extracts from the encyclopedia, so he dealt with how to treat bulls. And some of the ancients mentioned that the Roman poet Virgilius, when he wanted to write his poems about rural life, used the Magonian encyclopedia, which was a reference that the reader would find in the book houses and was one of the most important scientific books that the village is not without. and countryside. Many contemporary historians believe that the encyclopedia made an effective contribution to reviving the Italian economy, and it is likely that it crossed the ages until it reached Ibn al-Awwam al-Andalus.
How do you know so much 🤔
As a Tunisian, I find your comment simply fantastic
Amazing read... Really appreciated the information
@@georgelucas5349 thank you
This is great, reminds me of the the good old days.
Your picture does not represent Hannibal
@AmenRaHotepKwamemuhDyk Porchprimatesheetskinn ngr Yeah, the hair is different, I know. But what can I say, we all get older.
@@scipioafricanus6807 yes,at the end we all defend from the time,after the 25 years we start to old, that's a fact
Hannibal was a strategic genius a man ahead of his time.
yup! the kingdom that he served betrayed him!
if he where Roman he would hav gone even far!
More a tactician genius but an awful strategist
@@pansap6387 he would have won, if the Cartagenion Officials did not have been bribed with Roman Gold, and if the Greeks had recieved is messages of Help !
@@serenemountain6769 No he wouldn't. As genius as he was, Hannibal with his weak ressources didn't have any chances against the monstrous roman military logistic. He knew that, that's why he tried to return Italian locals against the Romans but it failed. Macedonian couldn't help Carthage because the Romans had blocked all the naval communication lines.
Carthaginian officials were pragmatics, they knew the roman victory was a question of time.
Scipio was really a great general. I would love to see a documentary about him. It seems his fellow romans felt about him as they did with Fabius. Scipio with a smaller force defeated Hannibals brothers in Spain,but let Hasdrubal escape and he was criticized for that even though had he pursued him he would have been caught between three armies in bad terrain. I love Roman history and admire some of their accomplishments but their pride got in the way of stratigic thinking.
Zach Scipio bribed part of Hannibal's army to betray him even though he had superior forces (1:07:15).. That in my opinion can never be part of the make-up of a great general.. That is cowardice
John Smith stick to the point.. A great general does not need the tactics of cowards to win battles. A great general encircles large armies with a smaller force
@@chrisdee6391 A great general wins battles.
@@Zapiii69 Not always.
It was easy to defeat Hadrubal because he was caught in a brothel in Spain along with many of his military subordinate leaders! That's why he lost!
Watching this as a tunisian live in carthage makes me proud of our hannibal❤
Be proud mate! 😊
Hannibal: the Man Rome hated.
Seriously, the way these guys used to kill each other, the hand to hand combat, is intense/brutal/terrifying...
Yeah. Reminds me of a more intense High School Football…
"let the Romans be relieved from this Agony, since they think, that it tries their patience too much, to wait for an old man's death."
-Hannibal Barca
I love this quote
Jb Cheema
Hannibal burca was a ghats
In india we can say Jats
@@Yanzdorloph
No I am
Wrong
@@jagdishhooda7853 Hannibal was a Phoenician Semite, not some Gangetic street puper Rajesh.
@@owaisqureshi4576 You’re right, he was a black man demolishing them. You’re the first person I’ve seen be honest that Shemitic people were black even though the Romans themselves said they were black and the Torah said Shem was Black and pleasing before it was changed to white and pleasing in the 16th century.
I wish this doc displayed the names of the scholars as they are speaking. I love to look up their works for further research and learning.
reading the comments actually enrich my learning experience on early human’s act of killing.
Rome comprehensively erased Carthage from history but such was Hannibals fame that they couldn't erase his story and he is more famous than any of their own generals.
He isn't as Famous as Julius Caesar.
@@davidh1249 I disagree. Caesar is famous but not for his generalship. His name is a noun for power & vain glory.
Julius Caesar
the senate of cartage were behind his defeat. They were not into this war. Basically cartage was a commercial empire with little population unlike Rome with vast human resources and land military power. Hannibal could have won 10 more battles but never the war
You said Hannibal is more famous than any other general. That is wrong. Julis Ceasar is 100x more famous, and 10000x more influential. He is also regarded as one of the best military minds of all time, along with Hannibal Barca, all cudos to him.@@translumination2002
If he had an Elephant for every ad, he would have won.
Good one
Abu Misir Nah I just like complaining about the number of ads
@Abu Misir sarcasm much mate.. Lol..
@Abu Misir yeah but my comment wasn't about add blocks it was about you being a sarcastic little boy calling people dumb for having a bit of a laugh about how many adds there was on this vid and well I'm going to stick to my original comment about you being sarcastic because of your come back about add block being around for 200 years,, so I will say it again,, Sarcastic much mate..
Abu Misir you gotta be pretty dum to pay for adds
Hannibal was simply the personification of god of war, a genius in motion.
Now that guy actually looks like the accurate depictions of Hannibal. 👍
Rome was like a hydra. Cut one head off, another grows back. They lost one army, they mustered another. Non-stop.
The only way it could be destroyed was by its own greed and corruption.... kind of like America.
Part of their hold on power was their control of provinces where they could draw troops from. Ironically it would be those same people who turn on them in the end. There ability to create those armies diminished and their standing lowered, they would soon fall.
@@styxzero1675 * eye roll *
@Gee Gnome Project u say that yet the west is founded on and is heavily influenced by Roman ideals. Without them history wouldn't have played out like it has up to this point.
@Gee Gnome Project Because they don't have the money and influence to do it lol, you always want to make see like africans or their descendant are saint when they even mistreat their own people, the difference of african and other ethnic groups is the power and money
One of the best documentaries that I watched
Min Chun Chi Total agreed
If you have Netflix watch Roman Empire
Min Chun Chi...EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT ANCIENT AFRICANS WERE NOT caucasians
@ Anyone who even studies true African history slightly will see just how ignoramic your comment truly is.This is 2019 ,true African history saturates the internet.There were NO Caucasian Empires in ancient Africa.In terms of culture,art,statues,religion,language,geography,historian reports,DNA,mummies,geography,advanced ancient civilizations,climate, science,and much more,your comment is so stupid and remedial it doesn,t even deserve a comment from intelligent knowledgable peopleMany anthropologist have examined African cemetaries,no Caucasians found..I can guarantee you,if I made videos showing lions and tigers indeginous to the north pole,remedial people like you would swear it was true because you saw it,on a video.Seriously,study this subject or any other before you spout such garbage,because most people have brains and u r making a complete fool of yourself.
It should be called "Hannibal, the man who almost destroyed Rome"
"Hannibal, the man who almost brought Rome to its knees"
Yes, but he didn't know to take of advantanges of his victories
@@anabellido1487 It's quite contentious to establish wether he indeed wasn't able to take advantage of his tactical victories, or simply didn't have the tools at his disposal to bring about the destruction of Rome. As the documentary well shows, Hannibal wasn't granted much support by the Carthaginian Senate. On top of that, it is important to remember that, as many later authors well described, the Carthaginian political system was far weaker than the Roman, being this the case to such a degree that Polibyus stated that it was the Roman political system that was the cornerstone of the empire (Source: SPQR). Besides that, the Carthaginian army was based upon a loosely knit army of mercenaries of different origins, which is always bound to be of inferior utility than a citizen army, as Niccolò Machiavelli well pointed out in "The Prince". All in all, a weaker political system combined with an army that wasn't drawn from the citizenship resulted in a disadvantage for the Carthaginians, and despite Hannibal's tactical genius, it's ultimate doom.
@@rubengivoni6823 beautifully written.
Ruben Givoni That would be a great title and very accurate as well!
Going to use this in my history class this week. Timeline makes amazing documentaries
One of the greatest military minds in history
@Islam Islam I know cause hannibal was not
Long live Tunisia 🇹🇳🇹🇳
Carthaginians were semitic people similar to Lebanon & israel not berber or north african tunisian
@@Francoronnie semetic is a racist word rised in Europe.. fix your knowledge before making comments, JEALOUS.
@@Francoronnie arabs are semitic too hahaha long live tunisia long live tunisian(arabs europeans amazigh and jews)❤️
@@Dimebag017 Semitic originates from the accounts of genesis. Take it easy breasy. Arabs are semites as well. In fact, Arabs and Jews are of the same family. No one talks about that.
@@Dimebag017 I don't think that's true. It's an important word especially useful in classifying languages. It doesn't necessarily refer to Jewish people, and when it does it has little to no hostile connotations. At least not in my experience, that is.
I was rooting for Hannibal all the way
Yeah that’s what I say about the Dodgers
The Romans resiliency is astonishing...the losses that they have suffered in several wars would have caused almost any other nation or empire to sue for peace...or utterly collapse...somehow they would weather the storm and fight until they finally won....really boggles my mind
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@@noordaoud2655 :ok
Hannibal was black
@@kevinbarry6328, Wikipedia says The Carthaginians came from The Canaanites and were Semitic. The makers of this documentary might have had trouble finding dark coloured actors but at one scene there, they sure found one who looks like Hannibals portrait and statue, that's for sure. So funny how the makers of pictures find all these lookalikes.
@@bonniemagpie9960 Nah uh miss. The carthaginians came from a people in the Levante called the *Phoenicians* who were dark in color and had emigrated earlier from Africa.
I actually do know what I'm talking about.
@@timothykimemia5681, Thanks for letting me know.
Proud to be from the town where hannibal lived: carthage.
i was really excited to watch all these new ads, but this annoying documentary keeps playing
@Jorge Tomasz shut up. they dont need 20 ads on each video.
@@edwardjohnson8172 The amount of time and effort put into this video warrants ad's. You think people just spend 3 days making something and not put an ad on it? Also, you can use Adblock, I've yet to see any ads, magic. If you want quality content the creator needs to be paid in some way. That's how the creator economy works.
@@dankmheems290 lmao, its a joke, you get pretty easily riled up by one for someone who's username is Dank Memes, lmfao
Gotta get that UA-cam premium
Awesome having Pompey Magnus telling us the story Hannibal.
I enjoy listening to these history lessons as I work. I'm glad I found this channel.
Thy lying to u wake up....and do not be accomidating to white. Iam not insulting you. Just kwn how it is
La Donna Hightower me too!! It helps me focused oddly enough and I’ve watched over hundreds of documentaries at this point, since I started listening to them and working
La Donna Hightower to bad they white wash most of them 🤷🏾♂️
x0xtran9x0x try flashpoint history Punic wars or history of Rome podcast they are extremely good
@@landslidelie what is the biggest lie this doc is telling us?
I just feel sorry for the poor bloody elephants
Rentaghost okish especially because bringing them along was a bad idea for both him and the elephants. Bringing them over good terrain is fine but over the alps was kinda dumb it slowed down his army and was fatal for the elephants
Rentaghost okish POOR BABIES
Black men like Hannibal don't care about animals or the environment. Haven't you seen photos of Liberia?
Shekelwitz Subvertstein Godchosenlampshadeberg well actually I think Hannibal was more of a middle eastern looking person
I don't think Hannibal was a Muslim. Though those elephants were used in a similar manner to the trucks of peace we see today.
Great documentary.
I wish there was a DVD for this.
Thank you for this.
Thanks for posting
They need to make an HBO multiple season Game of Thrones Hannibal series.
gideondavid30 HBO did a brilliant one just like that about Julius Caesar during his Civil War, leading into Octavian’s rise to Augustus. I think you would love that. Very intricate politics like GoT, but imo better. It is called ROME.
I heard years ago Vin Diesel was trying to produce/star in an epic of Hannibal. Don't know what became of it.
Yup I would love HBO to do a series on Hannibal Barca and also a series on The war of the roses. Hopefully the battles will be large scale like game of thrones battles.
Its tricky because you will have a lot of afrocentrists making a fuss if it is not a black actor. Poor director will be labelled a racist and oppressor for correctly casting an olive skinned actor as hannibal!
Please, Hollywood, stay away of History of our North Africa !🥶
We are/were not blacks!
If Hannibal was lets say ... Emperor of Carthage or DICTATOR FOR LIFE lol it would have been a different story.
Hannibal & Caesar both in the end betrayed by their senate
Caesar more was the one who betrayed his Senate
Miguel Suarez-solis Big facts!!!!
Son Of Ragnar fast forward to 2019, the senate betrayed the American people
Miguel Suarez-solis yeah, I was about to say...can’t be invading territories the way he did.
Charles Jones Caesar started the foundation of the Roman Empire though, it was still the Republic of Rome in Caesars glory days, and after Caesars death the Romans became the Roman empire and conquered even more so I dont get your point? Lool
Humans have always had the desire to fight each other, it’s just part of mankind.
Betrayed by the ones to whom he swore to protect what a sad ending for such gifted and honourable gernal
he ended up getting them destroyed, he couldn't have ever captured rome.
the romans were auctioning the land Hannibal stood, the romans knew they would win and were preparing to sell off the land to citizens once he was removed, even as he fought them.
Both Hannibal and Scipio were forced into an exile (although, Scipio's exile was self-imposed) and both died far from home, in the very same year....Years later, during the 3rd Punic War when the Romans attacked the city of Carthage, one of the first Romans who climbed the wall (and lived) of this city that stood for more than 800 yrs, was Tiberius Gracchus ---- a grandson of Scipio -The Great -Africanus.
Hannibal was one of the greatest military minds of antiquity. The history was written by the Romans. I wonder what the title to this video would be if Carthage had won the Punic Wars?
Yeah it's definitely down to how the wars turned out. Hannibal was a military genius and seems like Rome was just able to fend off Hannibal's ability.
Who was roman emperor during punic wars
Hannibal was black..did you know that? He wasnt no damn European
@@jbzzl48 yup I jus posted same comment it's funny they try to hide it and idiots believe it
@@jbzzl48 There are contemporary sculptures of Hannibal. Semitic but not black.
Thanks for shedding light on this history ~ much ❤❤❤~
Here after oversimplified
Same
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Nice one.
Thank you.
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Thanks it worked
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I feel like I just skipped to the last level on super mario✊
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Who's the guy in the glasses. He speaks so well it's great
I was surprised to find That Barcelona city is named after Barca , Hamilcar Barca started off the City 😲😲
Goodmorning, yes the name Barca exists in spain and Portugal, my family name is Barca, and in Portugal they say we are his descendts, but is normal because we also have family names from the old egipt .
Two names of characters from the series Spartacus; Barca, the beast of Carthage and Hamilcar.
The name Barca is a amazighain family came from city barka in Libya in North Africa that’s a fact and most Latino people come from North Africa even in South America
@Mike J Yes Latinos were mostly native very few North African immigrate there, even it was under Carthaginian role but it was limited to military's control and politically acceptance from the locals to be under Carthage control , same what Rome did to their colonies,
you can't call British , a Roman descendants
Barcelona=Camp of the Barcas.
Pompey Magnus narrating this, is a nice touch 🤌🏻
Its a honor that the world knows the history of my country
Hannibal, a genius betrayed by silly old men back at home...
Just like Rommel.
Its called the stabbed in the back MYTH for a reason, however with hannibal its mostly true
Greatest military man since Alexander the great
oy vey
So was Scipio, and he got back at it better by ordering that he not be buried in Rome to be a propaganda tool by such people. Unfortunately an adopted Scipio was an predatory profiteer and managed to do so anyway, making the Gracchi, Caesar, and possibly Spartacus, possible.
My old Army units call sign was Hannibal and everyone thought it was silly. I encouraged them to read a history book.
Also if someone was chucking pots of poisonous snakes at me, I would take my chance in the ocean as well.
The pride of tunisia 🇹🇳❤️
what has always fascinated me most is the way in which Rome managed to avoid the catastrophe inevitable after CANNE and to reverse events. The "draconian" measures taken by the Senate were unprecedented and were very harsh especially against Roman citizens and families who had lost loved ones in Canne . what would become the largest empire in the western world was born precisely from these events, in the toughest defeat, in the deepest fear they managed to find the strength and resources to win then and forever.
@@Aristonika9999 . Hannibal is at leat one century earlier 230BC , the conquest of Greece is dated 146BC
Russia was able to survive huge losses in manpower as well during the Barbarossa Campaign because of its dense population.
Whos here after OverSimplified?
Historian on Roman generals: “if you win it’s glory for you and your family forever... and if you lose well... that’s tough”. That sounds like every sports fan after their team just beat their rivals 😭😂
New subscriber and I love these. Thanks soo much!
Proud to be from tunisia the home Land of this great man
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The narrator is the actor who portrays "Pompey Magnus" in HBO's Rome series!
What a great choice!
The narrator is an english actor who played Pompey Magnus in "Rome" series 😊
He's scottish
Take note: Once they use Caucasian, so-called white people to narrate the Dark Skinned Royal people of Africa, expect them to depict Hannibal as a Roman Caucasian, so-called white, child and man.
@@allanyates8978 North African* we are not dark skinned not Even black stop claiming our history
That's a definite A for effort!!
This left me with a very good understanding of hanibal and the time period thank you for produceing this grate educational werk.
Hannibal was a true pioneer. He invented the intrusive ad.
He's an idiot.., and so are you
Does anyone know the feeling when your iPad fall on your face when you are watching
IKR
Min Chun Chi yes lol
IPad, IYawn, IDrop, IBleed, ICurse, IBreak, IBuy
Watch on your computer (I don't feel the need to have an Ipad/tablet)...I'm not in school
I know that feeling it hurts bad