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Hannibal ad Porta, DEUS MEUS! (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/roughromanmemes

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(originally posted in historymemes and 196 but pugjesus also told me this is a good place to post here too, thanks ))

explanation:

hannibal is one of the greatest [punic] generals in all of history. There was an event where he had visited the gates of rome in his italian campaign (of destroying rome as revenge for the first punic war, too) and the romans were shitting bricks, crying "HANNIBAL AD PORTAS! (HANNIBAL IS AT THE GATES!!!)". But after inspecting rome, he literally just left. He knew he wasn't ready to invade it.

To put into perspective how terrifying this guy was: In the battle of Cannae, despite being outnumbered 50,000 to 80,000 and fighting on narrow terrain, due to incredible trickery he still managed to trap the entire roman army and massacred most of them. He killed 15% of the entire recruitable male population of Rome, in a single battle.

Jesus christ, this guy was a fucking badass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae

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[–] PugJesus 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

MEHERCVLE! Rome must be preserved at ALL COSTS! Start arming the slaves!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

GIVE THE SLAVES WEAPONS! FUCK IT, GIVE THE CHILDREN TOO! WE'LL ALL DIE IF WE DON'T!

Little Quintus, how would you like to fight at the battle of Cannae? No? Oh quit being a baby, It's not like he'll trap you all surrounded by his army then slaughter you all in a matter of hours! Still no? Fu, puer improbus! No Dignitas for you!