like.. you know they took where between 1,000 and 20,000 prisoners right?

did you ever hear about what happened to those prisoners?

Probably killed.

Hannibal had no active supply line.

used to clean up the battlefield to drag bodies to fire cistern... once all the bodies burned... they where thrown onto the cistern aswell

He only received one shipment I think

@ryvergate nice

@ryvergate That's too wholesome for this server

If you meant shitshow by brutality, then yeah

Cannae is considered a near-flawless representation of a battle of annihilation

Most battles in history did not end with one side wiped out

yes, tho it when opposite what hannible wanted... and ended up gaining the same objectives

Wdym? Hannibal wanted to win.

His entire battle plan was geared towards the outcome.

he didnt want to annihilate them, cuz he feared it would alienate the romans and roman allies from joining his side... but then he did annihlate them... and it did alienate them... so much that they wanted to switch side

Weakest troops at the head and centre of an inverted crescent, strongest troops on the flanks, cavalry on the wings

If he truly didn't want the Roman army annihilated then he did a hell of a good job ensuring that it would be

yes we was pushing for a surrender... not a slaughter

Would've had the same consequences then

That was a cute meme

He couldn't sustain a large number of prisoners

They'd have to be killed anyway

Hannibal didn't have a supply line.

oh i know, im just saying his plan for that battle... and his plan for that battles aftermath... and his plan for the campaign... they werent exactly 1 coherent thing :p

I think annihilation was consistent to his character

As a child he swore never to be a friend to Rome

He wouldn't have been looking for leverage because he wasn't looking for peace

The Carthaginian Senate might've been though

Idk

btw the not annihilating them is referenced from both plybius and livy, tho both of them watched the battle from the sidelines

Lindybeige did a video on that battle

one hour vid irc

if you learned about that battle from lindybeige then your history teacher should be fired

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRPYYTiHmdk

Livy wasn't even alive

Oh no, I learned about the battle by reading books.

Lindy just made a video that I watched.

Also, Australian history sucks.

ur right livy was using after the fact refernces

they don't teach you much