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How Hannibal Escaped Annihilation By Lighting Animals On Fire

Inthe year 217 BCE, the eminent general Hannibal was facing a situation that was all too familiar to anyone who had attempted to wage war in Italy. He had led his army away from a victorious battle at Lake Trasimene to rest and recuperate in a valley outside of Campania. Hannibal’s army was sa...