Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Threat | Hannibal | Odyssey

Hannibal Barca of Carthage. One of history's greatest military leaders, and the only man to truly threaten the Roman Empire when it was at the height of its power. Here, we examine the life of the man who would grow to become Rome's greatest enemy.
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[@grantrizmo2002cb]

The most genius move Hannibal made was telling his guys NOT to touch the villas and properties of the Roman senators a upper government. This made the public think they had a deal worked out between them. So they rioted forcing Rome to prematurely put lower level legions against him. Fukn so smart man...

[@jamallabarge2665]

Levantine scheming - tough to describe but easy to see. Don't mess with them!

[@varlaamthecreator4325]

“HEY, HANNIBAL!” “WHAT?” “BURN MY FARM TOO PLEASE!” “WHAT?” “BURN! MY! FARM! TOO! PLEASE!” “NO! REMEMBER OUR SECRET DEAL!” (Roman soldiers mad) “Well you gotta admit, he’s a genius.”

[@ernestweaver9720]

Where were you wonderful people 40 years ago when I was in college? It would have been so much easier. Excellent work. Thank you.

[@RaptorMaitre]

Its great to hear Pompeii magnus narrate a story of Carthage.

[@danbiehls8656]

I am the 1000th subscriber to what is surely going to be a great channel!

[@druggy12345]

Wow. Awesome quality great job

[@HavaWM]

🌎🌍🌏 Happy to be here!!

[@alexk9295]

Looks like a great channel. Subbed.

[@liamwallace5956]

Looking forward to new content Thank you history 🌍

[@christelwilk6166]

Excellent documentary. Very interesting to listen to and enjoyable to watch!

[@jeremiahwatson9068]

Ppl

[@olympiasbc]

Excellent! 🌎

[@benjaminreiko9307]

Can't wait for more content.

[@mildrednekesa]

Nice piece 👍👍👍

[@ditto1209]

🌏looking forward to this!

[@amandab8433]

So excited about this new channel. Thank you for sharing so many wonderful videos. 🌍🌎😁

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[@jodyfiore8200]

An awesome documentary with no ads!!! I don't have to fast forward rewind to get rid of the ads, which does work by the way this is truly documentary to fall asleep to

[@VntiHero]

People tend to forget, Hannibal’s source of men and resources came from SPAIN, where his father conquered and governed, then passed to Hannibal….. the whole "Hannibal could have won if supported by senate" is folley…… Scipio was in Spain crushing Hannibal’s Generals for this very reason before attacking Carthage and then beating Hannibal at Zama, Scipio was better and underrated.

[@FrederickMc]

Nice!!

[@pitsinokaki]

Thank you for this - it's a great documentary!

[@robertbarnier45]

Love this

[@alvarogines6788]

Great Hannibal! Magón, Asdrúbal, Amílcar! At least they fought till the End!!!!

[@ayyahennesto4412]

SALUT ..from TUNISIA Carthage...

[@alvarogines6788]

@@ayyahennesto4412 Salut from Spain. We helped Cartago till the End also.

[@ayyahennesto4412]

@@alvarogines6788 you are blood i KNOW

[@TH3USUALSUSPECT]

Hannibal's mother was Iberian and till this day there's a significant portion of Tunisians that have Iberian blood.

[@philedwards8574]

@@ayyahennesto4412 last llllllll

[@maximsteelusa4855]

HANIBAL IS PERFECT EXAMPLE THAT IF YOUR GOING TO FIGHT , FINISH THE DAMN THING. HE HAD ROME OVER THE BARREL MORE THAN ONCE AND WOULD NOT DROP THE HAMMER. ONCE BY WIPING OUT 75,000 OF THEIR SOLDIERS AND STILL NOT FINISH THE JOB AND ROME CRAWLED BACK TO LIFE AND KILLED CARTHAGE. ROME KNEW HOW TO FINISH A FIGHT.

[@leepeel7129]

Rome was dedicated to it's military, where Carthage was run by merchants. Hannibal never could have won by himself because he was isolated on the Italian peninsula and there were other AOs just as vital.

[@libertyprime6932]

You are right, but I don't think he would have had such an easy time taking the city with the army he had. And invested in a long term seige he could have been struck in the rare by the Legions from Spain.

[@nickthielemier3501]

He didn't have the siege engines or capability

[@elijahfeit3845]

Yes, Rome knew how to finish a fight, but it wasn't so much that Hannibal just didn't know what to do with his victories, he simply wasn't able to do much with it. The Carthaginian government didn't give Hannibal the proper number of soldiers and the proper equipment, and he didn't have the siege skills to take out a city the size of rome. Additionally, he wasn't trying to conquer rome or completely destroy it, he was trying to damage it and show his, and Carthage's, superiority.

[@susanlablanc3699]

He didn't have enough power after the battle of cannae to take Rome.hannibal knew that better than all of us.help from Carthage didn't come to take Rome.

[@ginabrooker6595]

WoW! I'm really going to enjoy watching these! 😃 Timeline World History🌎 told me about this. They left a link also so I thought I'd take a peek. So glad I did! Sharing. Thank You & Thank You Timeline! 🙋🏻‍♀️💕👏🏻 🌏

[@brookelou9229]

🌍 this looks AMAZING!!! :D

[@anniestrooo]

Oh I’m very happy about this

[@mariagenovesa3772]

Wonderful video, extremelly well narrated. I loved it. Please bring us more like this. Thank you.

[@charlescrowell3346]

You can't send in calvary,(horse or armour,) without infantry support.

[@denisjohnson8198]

Well, you caaaaaaannnnnnnnn.. . .. . .. . ..😅 Just wouldn’t recommend it!

[@charlescrowell3346]

@@denisjohnson8198 remember. Ney's charge at Waterloo against the British squares

[@denisjohnson8198]

@@charlescrowell3346 Precisely!

[@ClydeC]

The voice of Pompey Magnus from HBO's ROme.. Kenneth Cranham have such an iconic voice

[@jasonkeenan4154]

He was so good as Pompey!

[@zacharygold9483]

What city(s) would be safest (from war, disease, religious persecution) and most prosperous in each of the time periods studied?

[@redwolfkun]

I find it amusing Pompey Magnus is narrating a documentary about Hannibal Barca.

[@cynthiaahern9081]

Timeline world history sent me. I love ancient history and Homer is one of my favorite authors so I thought I would check you out.😊👍subscribing

[@leeneale8776]

Doh!

[@joanneadahk124]

🌎 thank you!

[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

Hannibal wasn't scared of anything ,. His father made him swear to be an enemy of rome on blood for the rest of his life , he marched a whole army to Italy through the alpes which he lost nearly half of , He stayed in their Land for 14 years never lost a Battle to them with a single army and without any reinforcements from Carthage other than The galic tribes nor supplies from his country living of the land , he won major victories against them , Even once they encircled him in a valley he marched through the darkness of night while making them chase Fire attached to horns of cattle and then later Ambushed the Roman detachment sent to ambush him , He ambushed a whole roman army at trasimane which till this day remains the biggest and most successful ambush in the history of warfare , He won an unbelievable Victory at cannea outnumbered till the last moments of the battle , Fighting in the front with his men with one eye which resulted in the greatest Loss of humane life in a single day through the history of battles and warfare , He is the General that is more intimidating and Greater then even some kings Napoleon really considered him one of the best tacticians and he truly was , he made the rommans live in fear for 14 years , he didn't need the Great of The Conqueror added to his name , His name was enough to make anyone have chills Hannibal Barca , yet he is Super underrated

[@jasonkeenan4154]

It's also been suggested that even though his army was largely polyglot and made up of many non-carthaginians, there were zero mutinies/desertions during his entire campaign in Italy. That's loyalty.

[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

@@jasonkeenan4154 Yeah you would ask people about Hannibal and some wouldn't even know him and the ones who would know him would only Tell you that he crossed the Alps with elephants , they don't Know How Brilliant Of a commander he was one of the best tacticians that ever walked on earth they don't know how much he Made the Romans Suffer and feel unsafe Even on their own Land , How much He Made the Romans Learn from his Ambsushes and tactics ,his extraordinary Ability to control his army Which even Alexander the Great Which his Army Was all GREEC and they all Shared Similar Customs and language and fighting style unlike Hannibal which pushed his multi ethnic multi cultural Army That spoke Different languages and faught in different styles to the Limit when he Crossed the Alps in plain Winter yet there is not a single account of Mutiny or revolt against his Orders they had such Faith in him that they literally did whatver he commanded them to do because they knew he was their only chance to defeat the Romans As I said Hannibal is mostly Underrated because he is North African , And North African and generally Africans are oprresed in History

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[@huntmatthewd]

Hannibal was definitely worthy of the Knights cross with oak leaves, swords and diamonds. 👍

[@ok-kk3ic]

This cracks me up

[@billmurray1431]

Absolutely lol

[@chesskid1635]

S H 🤚

[@prk2a918]

Very interesting. I love re-learning this history. The Roman’s were something else.

[@KJ-vc3sw]

How do you know they were "something else?" How do you know they weren't the one thing that wasn't something else, but was the thing in and of itself? The thing that could not be anything other than what it is? I have a headache.

[@prk2a918]

@@KJ-vc3sw I just know they were something else. Take Tylenol for headaches they say…don’t overthink it.

[@KJ-vc3sw]

@@prk2a918 But please...for God's sake...who are they!!!!!!

[@prk2a918]

@@KJ-vc3sw I cant provide an answer to that age old question. I’m just a mere peasant.

[@billmurray1431]

@@KJ-vc3sw Wow. Take a deep breath

[@selectiveeye4370]

Sounds awesome

[@Kazemijazi]

We like what you do. Sub'ed to this new channel too

[@charlesferdinand422]

A minor inaccuracy: The horse riders are shown using stirrups which hadn't been invented by then forcing the rider to clamp the torso of the horse with his legs. Also the narrator is the actor that played Pompey Magnus in the HBO show Rome.

[@harrybruijs2614]

The Phartiams had inventief them, one reason they couldn't be beaten

[@martinsgakke]

Romans only met Parthians centuries later, though I believe there is legal/security issues in filming horse riding stunts without stirups.

[@martinsgakke]

But if Im not mistaken, the parthians and huns had a special saddle design that allowed for shooting backwards "the parthian shot". The turks invented stirrups.

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[@joroche2948]

Timeline world history said to come along here, I'm glad I did . Great new channel I subbed

[@bvyup2112]

same

[@HBhf-mv3ot]

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[@Arselpang]

Fun fact: The Narrator of the documentary is the guy who played Pompey Magnus in HBO´s Rome

[@wendigo53]

Narrators that can time-travel! Hannibal was 200 years before Caesar.

[@Arselpang]

@@wendigo53 Exactly, Pimpey Magnus time travelled so he could say his tragedy in his own words :)

[@RNDM-nd7tj]

@@Arselpang that's pimpey magnus for you

[@hinatahyuga9311]

Yes like the saying ((he could defeat the Legions and Armys of Rome but he couldn't defeat Rome herself)) and Cannae was a Major battle and loss on both sides not just Rome and it's simple on why couldn't take and defeat Rome herself cause a city wide seige can take up to days weeks or even months and peopl occasionally don't have the essence or time and a City Wide seige takes up a lot of resources and it takes a good mind of seige technology resources and manpower and Hannibal didn't have the resources nor the manpower ((which is why he sent his brother back to Carthage)) and Hannibal after the previous battles and the battle of Cannae practically depleted him

[@morgansidhe6334]

🌍. Glad to be here.

[@GehanAdel]

it was amazing to find this precise information. moreover, the way the story had been narrated was detailed in fact made me live with a sense of pride as Hannibal as well as a sense of grief and disgrace. thanks keep going

[@LiveinReykjavik]

Am I crazy or the great Magnus Pompey of the HBO's Rome is a narrator on this one?

[@wendigo53]

Can be both :)

[@Zuxiasunicorn]

Yea, and I'm surprised because to me it sounded like Ciaran Hinds who played Julius Caesar

[@innavalerio4147]

🌍YAYYYYYYYYY history!!

[@petersclafani4370]

As a total madman. Nothing less.

[@maryrinehart2346]

Psst, Timeline sent me!

[@sexmchne]

I know that voice! That’s Pompey Magnus ☺️

[@TheCronesEye]

Subbed! 🌎

[@kidsgrove-spider8405]

Just nipped over from TimeLine

[@nikgakes1412]

If There wasn't Hannibal, Rome would have to invent him. Hannibal's might and military prevailing, made Romans pull themselves up by their own boots, evolve, grow an iron will, and ultimately succeed. Sulla, Marius, Caesar, Augustus, they were all the outcome of that success, the ultimate Scipio's legacy. Lack of opponents like Hannibal, would ultimately lead Rome to luxury and lust, away from the disciplines of "MOS MAIORUM", which would eventually resolve with it's fall

[@williamjoshualucas6503]

"Streets ahead?" Pierce Hawthorne is demanding royalties @14:50

[@Killercommeter365]

I was wondering if I was gonna be the only one who noticed lol

[@blintzkreig1638]

Good narrator, thank you. So many channels do not have good narrators.

[@karlytoth725]

Guy in the thumbnail looks like BJ Novak LOL! 😂

[@franciscojose6496]

Let's go watching this is fantastic information

[@AlchZdot]

Did that poison he put in his drink regrow an eye as well?😂

[@twirajuda]

The children who were sacrificed probably were stillborn or could not make it because of illness. Kinda hard to imagine them sacrificing healthy kids for no apparent reason

[@rockydubois2418]

For the almighty dollar they will eat their own.

[@rockydubois2418]

Today the Elites sacrifice other people’s kids. As I’m sure they did 2000 years ago. New day same old Ba’al cult revolving around power and money.

[@twirajuda]

Point taken. But Carthage has a small population. and they’ll need every able bodied persons for the navy, business etc. So the sacrifice is either figurative or if literally, those who have no chance of survival like the stillborn or died of illness. They don’t have a population surplus to sacrifice their own literally

[@rockydubois2418]

@@twirajuda like today’s elite pedocrats, they sacrifice OTHERS CHILDREN, not their own.

[@andrem4877]

Actually there were studies done on the bones some of them were as old as 6 years old. The ages varied widely from newborns to 7ish years old, certainly not still born. It was institutionalized mass child sacrifice to Baal.

[@tigristeutonicus3826]

The Battle of Cannae remains one of the most impressive military endeavors of all time. Hannibal’s outnumbered forces annihilated entire consular armies.

[@peterroberts7684]

And the bloodiest battle,even to to rival modern warfare losses..

[@mohamedelhediissa289]

@@peterroberts7684 yeah a military based country as big as rome losing 80% of it's military There was no family that didn't have one of its male members killed in a battle involving hannibal

[@jeandalmatos610]

in Cannae, Hannibal applied the same tactics as the Athenian general Miltiadis did in he battle of Marathon

[@natasav878]

@@mohamedelhediissa289 mmmmmmmmmmmii

[@treyrodstar42]

Ppp

[@scottfoster3548]

MAMA MIA, first I live through a documentary on Arminius slaughter of 3 legions AND now Hannibal annihilating us Thank God for Roman Perseverance

[@user-ly4yp8ml2i]

😂 Well done. Please live very long.

[@garyball1587]

What was the statement that general Patton said in the movie about the Corinthian army and the battle back in the day that the fields were going to worst people with blood or something like that am I wrong or I'm going to completely out of my mind that he lived today as a general

[@freaky1972my]

🌏 History channels are my fav

[@iainsanders4775]

The Latin for 'delayer' is Cunctator. For some reason that nickname isn't translated here..

[@dilbrobaggin3723]

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[@stefannubold185]

@@dilbrobaggin3723 uuuhuuuuuuuu

[@mildrednekesa]

Sometimes it's not the numbers that count but the STRATEGY to win🤷🤷🤷

[@brianfuller7691]

Hannibal was exceptional in his time and he's still exceptional in our time.

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[@yaboyed5779]

Timeline brought me here, and I’m glad it did. Pls make one about William the conqueror

[@jasip1000]

Leather Lorica Secmentata, and on top in a time period where Lorica Secmentata wasn’t even used in the Roman army.

[@bishop6218]

And look at the size of the scutum(s)...

[@franciscomap75]

Heheheheh

[@BillMcSwain]

New sub

[@oobrocks]

The main result of Hannible was to Greatly improve the Roman army and therefore was critical to building an empire

[@majastormborg7242]

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[@hman4232]

They should reconstruct Carthage as it would look incredible like Rome. Including a monument to Hannibal 🧔

[@thomasbell7033]

Good doc, but why do we not ID our talking head sources?

[@acel9258]

DJ Khalid voice: Another One .... please

[@BulletHole]

narrator? i feel like it is close to charles dance... but not quite..

[@SuperUniverse]

At least it didn't screw up like the History Channel (Barbarians rising)

[@alexcrisan1083]

so much is presumptions

[@r.l.h7663]

Hey Mary!! Ihuh!!

[@paulthegaull]

is the narrator the voice of pompei in rome?

[@ChrisMcCandless77777]

Hannibal at the end he lose from the best General Scipio. This docu must be called , How one man became a busy

[@outsider2423]

Hannibal tought Scipio how to do in War Hannibal told this to Scipio Before battle of Zama

[@ChrisMcCandless77777]

@@outsider2423 Scipio kick hannibal's as and he run away and let his man die. In the history hnnibal's wil remembered als tbe biggest coward

[@outsider2423]

@@ChrisMcCandless77777 Hannibal betrayed by haters jalous politicians Hannibal Lost one battle but Romans Lost all battles in their own Land Romans reduce down age of joint army cause there no man enough to make army Hannibal almost exterminate the Roman army and Trasimania battle a fact

[@ChrisMcCandless77777]

@@outsider2423 that's the point romans losing battle's but at the end there win the war. General Scipio says let hannibal destroy Rome we wil destroy Carthage Rome was not destroyed Carthage its a mountain of ruines. At the end Romans always are winning

[@outsider2423]

@@ChrisMcCandless77777 Romans dont make difference between army of soldiers and cityzens of women and kids Hannibal neva killed someone unarmed ! What if Hannibal attacked Rome !! After invading italy !!

[@danielpeachey3781]

Only question I gota ask, why haven't they made a TV series or movie about hannibal yet?

[@StateOfMinds]

Jupiter's Darling Deadliest Warrior Are the two movies I can think of off hand. There are many more. Try wiki

[@libertyprime6932]

Yeah, Hollywood is pathetic, they churn out generic rubbish every year but they won't give us Pyhrrus of Epirus, Hannibal or Caesar.

[@Mr71paul71]

The left wing that controls what we watch doesn't want our young growing up inspired by real heroes. Instead they want our young growing up soft as butter inspired by weaklings and deviants

[@j.cun4448]

@@StateOfMinds huhyuhihhh

[@user-yn7hj5nh4b]

krk

[@tammypearson989]

🌏 love me some History!

[@adamburke1088]

I gotta recommend to you: Kings and Generals and HistoryMarche on KZbin - you're welcome.

[@outsider2423]

Am from Cartage territorie

[@teamshaboobalu2887]

Fact: The Carthaginians on Hannibal's march over the Alps became cannibals. (No pun intended.)

[@caxperscott1132]

This is not a new doc. Its not new content

[@Devoted_believer]

Hannibal knew how to float like a butterfly sting like a bee.

[@L0wBap]

47:07

[@andrem4877]

"For this next scene I'm going to need 4 of you to chase a goat"

[@s30123]

🌍 Time team

[@GodGesuBusshooter]

Not sure why bring up rehainna

[@AntzLoks1314]

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[@wheelmanstan]

strategy seemed even more important back then since all armies basically fought with the same weaponry, well i mean sword and shield

[@earthychild5258]

Barca is born again 2152017 as BANT

[@vladimirfeldman9430]

Неплохо ☝️

[@franktucker7580]

B.A. Murdock Face....🌎

[@thENDweDIE]

49:58 T.A.B.S. xDDDDDDDDD

[@Nadiaidan]

Reading about Hannibal from Livius (a Roman himself) and then watching this documentary by modern historians (Its way more biased)

[@catherinehutchinson6099]

🌏 ❤️

[@LuisFerreira-kp8xb]

🌍❤🙏

[@LaneTheSlain]

Love all the Halloween costumes in this lmao

[@christopherwong9576]

If only he used his tactics in politics.. can’t go against the strongest army wit no back up

[@maapaa2010]

A great general, but a great fool. You don't provoke a ferocious wolf with a stick.

[@mafaldamagalhaes3655]

🌍👌👌👌

[@cj.tj.8201]

🌎 history