HANNIBAL WAS THE GREATEST GENERAL OF CLASSICAL HISTORY! HE EMBARKED ON AN UNWINNABLE WAR AND LOST 40,000 TROOPS CROSSING THE ALPS WHEN HE COULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL WINTER! HE NEEDED TO SURPRISE THE ROMANS, AND PLANNED TO RECEIVE MORE MEN FROM CARTHAGE, BUT HE WAS BETRAYED BY HANNO THE GREAT! WAS IT ALSO HANNO’S FAULT THAT HANNIBAL LOST THE BATTLE OF ZAMA DESPITE OUTNUMBERING SCIPIO AFRICANUS? SCIPIO’S ARMY WAS COMPRISED OF ALL VETERANS, WHILE HANNIBAL HAD TO RELY ON MERCENARIES AND CONSCRIPTS! EVERYONE KNEW THAT THE WAR WAS OVER BY THEN!