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sexpeditiontook soti,andanhadbeentakenandhad beeroyed.thishadbeendoneioppositionto thee.thesenatedecideduponan arakealandinginian soil.asenddivisiohecarthaginian aresofroushingtothe aidofthehotoplanandeverybody expectedagreatvictory.butthegodshaddecided otherwise. ithefalloftheyear218beforethebirthofchrist andtheronaroattaarthaginiansin spainhadleftitaly.peopleingfoewsof aneasyaevictoryanto spreadthroughtheplainofthepo.ountaiheir lipstrelioldofhundredsofthousandsof broenaiedbystras``eaeasbigas ahouse,ergedfrohecloudsofsnow heoldgraianpassthroughhhercules, thousandsofyearsbefore,haddriventheoxenofgeryonon hisspaintogreeof bedraggledrefugeesappearedbeforethegatesofro,h repletedetails.hannibal,thesonofhalcar,h fiftythousandsoldiers,nihousandhorsenandthirty sevenfightingelephants,hadcrossedthepyrenees.hehad defeatedtheronarofscipioonthebanksoftherhone andhehadguidedhisarsafelyaountainpasses ofthealpsalthoughitoberandtheroadshickly veredhsnoh thegaulsandtogethertheyhaddefeatedasendron arjustbeforetheycrossedthetrebiaandlaidsiegeto plainusoftheroaded rohtheprovihealpiricts. thesenate,surprisedbutdeicasusual, husheduptheneasawofresh arestostoptheinvader.hannibalosurprise thesetroopsonanarroene lakeandtherehekilledalltheronofficersandst oftheirn.thistithereongthepeople ofro,buttheseitshirdarwas anisedandthendus hfullpooact``asosavethestate. fabiuskbeverycarefullestallbelost. hisraeavailablesoldiers,were notchforhannibalsveterans.herefusedtoaeptbattle butforeverhefolloroyedeverythiable, destroyedtheroads,attackedslldetatsandgenerally oraleofthecarthaginiantroopsbya stdistressingandannoyingfuerillawarfare. suchthodshoecrowds e.theyed ``aethingstbedoneandstbedonequickly. apopularherobythenaofvarro,thesortofnwho uchbetterheuld dothingsthansloade nderination.atthebattleof an history.rethahousandnwerekilled.hannibal asterofallitaly. herchedfroneendofthepeninsulatotheother, proe andaskingthedifferentprovininon thetheroretheofrobore noblefruit.htheexceptionsofcapuaandsyracuse,all roncitiesreinedloyal.hannibal,thedeliverer, foundhielfopposedbythepeopleended tobe.hehoanddidnotlike thesituatiosseetoaskforfresh suppliesandneen.alas, either. theronsasters ofthesea.hannibalsthelphielfasbestheuld. hentiodefeattherohatout againsthibuthisobersreasingrapidlyand theitalianpeasantsheldalooffrohisselfappointed ``deliverer. afternyyearsofuninterruptedvictories,hannibal foundhielfbesiegediry nquered.forant,theluckseedtotu.hasdrubal, hisbrother,haddefeatedtheronaresinspain.hehad crossedthealpstoetohannibalsassistance.hesent sseothesouthtotellofhisarrivalandasktheother artoethintheplainofthetiber.unfortuhe ssengersfellintothehandsoftheronsandhannibal edinvainforfurtheeilhisbrothershead,ly papandtoldhibr> ofthefateofthelastofthecarthaginiantroops. hhasdrubaloutoftheipio easilyrenqueredspainandfouryearslatertherons tackupe.hannibalwas k.hecrossedtheafriseaandtriedtanise thedefey.intheyear202atthebattle ofza,thecarthaginiansed.hannibalfledto tyre.frohereheinortostirupthesyrians andthee.heacplishedvery littlebuthisactivitiesangtheseasiaticpohe ronsanexarrytheirotheterritoryof theeastandahegreaterpartoftheaegeanworld. drivenfroytoanother,afugitivee, hannibalatlastkiousdreaad e.hisbelovedcityehadbeenruihe osignaterriblepeace.heavy hadbeensunk.shehadbeenforbidde ronperssion.shehadbeeopaytherons llionsofdollarsforendlessyearstoe.lifeoffered nohopeofabetterfuture.intheyear190b.nibaltook poisonandkilledhielf. fortyyearslater,theronsforcedtheirlaston carthage.threeloheinhabitantsoftheoldphoeni lonyheldoutagainstthepohene. hungerforcedtheosurrehefeenanden hesiegeywas setonfire.forthestorehousesandthepal adthegreatarsenalbued.thenaterriblecursewas pronounanlegions retuedtoitalytoenjoytheirvictory. forthehousandyears,thediterraneanrein ...