Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy (TRIH eps 568-571)
218 BCE · Resource
How did the Battle of Cannae - one of the most important battles of all time for Ancient Rome, with a whole Empire at stake, and a reputation that had reverberated across the centuries - in 216 BC, unfold? What brilliant tactics did Hannibal adopt in order to overcome the Roman killing machine, with its vast numbers and relentless soldiers? Why did so many men die in such horrific circumstances? And, what would be the outcome of that bloody, totemic day, for the future of both Carthage and Ro...
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Around 218 BCE
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Great Wall of China (Qin) (221 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Han open the Silk Road (130 BCE)
- Terracotta Army buried (210 BCE)
- Great Wall first connected under Qin (215 BCE)