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Daily Roman History:

After the Second Punic war and peace with Rome the leading general of the Carthaginian side, and all around one of the greatest military strategists of all time, Hannibal Barca tried his hand as a politician. This was short lived as his policies were counter to Roman interests and rather then be surrendered to Rome he chose a voluntarily exile. He took to traveling the Mediterranean as a military advisor to various kingdoms such as Seleucid, Armenia, and Bithynia. While in Seleucid a Roman diplomatic mission arrived with the very man who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, Scipio Africanus. As this was a peaceful meeting the two began discussing great generals of history. Both men agreed Alexander the Great was easily the top, when asked second place Hannibal said Pyrrhus of Epirus for his boldness, and successes against Roman forces. For third Hannibal placed himself. Annoyed by this prideful response Scipio asked "And where would you rank if you actually managed to defeat me at Zama?". To this Hannibal said if he had won he would place himself even above Alexander, a rather diplomatic anwser to acknowledge both his and Scipios greatness.

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