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Hannibal is often considered the best possible general the entire world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a little army of go for soldiers, he fought his way in the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he demolished the primary Roman military at Lake Trasimeno and emerged close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal's excellent cavalry tactics enabled him to damage a reassembled Roman military, and his succeeding defeats over a 15-year stay in Italy were due more to insufficient sufficient support from your home than to any failings of generalship. Theodore Ayrault Dodge's traditional history, first publicized in 1891, is similarly perceptive of Hannibal's military services prowess and his visionary character. Dodge adopted Hannibal's path from Carthage to Italy, paying particular focus on the famous crossing of the Alps, exploring every pass in order to determine Hannibal's route. On this book, he composed an entire background of the skill of warfare among these two mighty armies. Hannibal remains unequaled as the utmost thorough and readable review of history's ideal general.
