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Posted on janvier 25, 2024septembre 12, 2024 by belkhodja

How was Hannibal betrayed?

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Meeting at Siga. In 206, Scipio had sailed from Cartagena in Spain to Africa, to meet Syphax in his capital Siga. He arrived there at the same time as Hasdrubal Gisco, who was travelling from Gades to Carthage and also wanted to meet the king. Hasdrubal Gisco was not one of Hannibal’s generals. In 215, he […]
Posted on janvier 25, 2024septembre 12, 2024 by belkhodja

Why did Carthaginian senators betray Hannibal ?

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One has to grasp the real weight of the Barcid family as well as the actual power of Carthaginian senators, to better understand prevailing relations between the two factions.
Posted on octobre 2, 2023octobre 2, 2023 by belkhodja

Carthage in Hannibal’s Century

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All we know of Hannibal’s character is what his worst enemies deigned to divulge for posterity : a few rare tributes to his warrior qualities, drowned in a tide of calumny.
Posted on septembre 9, 2017janvier 3, 2021 by belkhodja

L’histoire de Carthage a été écrite par ses destructeurs

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Au delà d'une désinformation destinée à contrer l'humiliation subie, c'est surtout la vision fédéraliste de Carthage, défendue avec vigueur par Hannibal, que Rome, à l'aube de sa domination sur le monde, se devait d'occulter car elle contenait les ferments d'une redoutable opposition à son impérialisme.