It is dawn, August 2, 216 BC and lightning is about to strike the Roman Republic. On a ridge overlooking the expansive plain, Hannibal Barca watches as a massive Roman force.
Eight enormous legions consisting of 87,000 infantry and cavalry – marches directly, irresistibly toward his troops arranged on the ground below.
Two years before he had led his army over the Alps and descended into Northern Italy to harass and defeat the Romans time-and-again.
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