So the other night I saw a History Channel special on Hannibal. And I must say, Hannibal was a fucking incredible man. In one battle with the Romans he was outnumbered 2 to 1 while the Romans had 80,000 soldiers. By the end of the battle Hannibal had lost 6,700 troops. The Romans lost an estimated 60,000. That is an incredible number. That is more
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