Facts About Hannibal You Didn't Learn In School
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- If you've heard of General Hannibal (247-183 BCE), you're probably thinking of the guy who rode several elephants into Italy, and that would be correct. In reality, though, there's more to Hannibal Barca's life story than his fabled crossing of the Alps with war elephants. This general made it a habit of outright embarrassing the Roman Army, defeating them by a landslide on multiple occasions. It wasn't until Rome drew upon the skills of another name from the list of notable generals-Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (AKA Scipio Africanus the Younger)-that they were finally able to defeat Hannibal.
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Hannibal and his father are those type of historical legends that fall into myth. At the end of the Carthage era, it was because of political corruption that killed its own country. Not supporting one of their greatest generals, and then turning on him sealed the fate of the Carthage era. Had they backed Hannibal through his entire campaign, Carthage could’ve outlived Rome and probably still be around today.
Cryptonian.. You are 100% correct
Yes, you are correct but perhaps the real downfall of Carthage was that it never had a central authority, the so-called oligarchy, that was basically an elite class always jealously guarding their prerogatives and was undoubtedly suspicious and uneasy of Hannibal instead of giving him much needed full support....
Wait hannibal was a black man.
@@nonyabidness1838 He was not a black man. Carthaginians originated from Phoenicia, so he was Semitic.
@@Void-zh4ln Semitic is the same as what's black
The most disappointing thing is that Hannibal wasn’t even mentioned in my history class😕
Hannibal destroyed Bill Cosby so there's a bit of US history there.
Because schools dont care about history and would rather young people remain ignorant about history. Just look at all the retarded comments most people are more interested in making jokes about fictional characters
@@ClydeSherburger people being more interested in fictional characters than history is mostly bc they dont care much about history
Looking back I learned about Hannibal in high school, only because I took Western World Civ as an ELECTIVE. Favorite course hands down. US history was required but not world, and sadly the caliber of interest was severely bad in the latter, so bad that during exams the teacher would leave the room and others would peek over my shoulder for the answers. Last test I marked deliberately wrong answers waited for everyone to turn theirs in, and corrected everything that's how disgusted I was. This was in Indiana in the 80's. My twin daughters now 23 had world history in hs as part of their honors curriculum here in Illinois I would have to look in to wherever world history is a requirement.
@@bucketprime5782 thats literally what i said. Theres a reason why you have so many ignorant morons walking around not having any idea as to the origins or context of the basic things that surround them, they have zero knowledge of history.
Hannibal is one of my all time favorite historical figures. The battle of Cannae is one of the greatest military accomplishments of all time.
At last, a sensible comment
Acknowledged by many Allied generals as the inspiration for the tactic of the Battle of the Bulge.
I don't learn anything at school because I learn everything from Weird history.
it's common knowledge that school is nothing more than a waste of your time.
Ah geez, our society is fucked.
Nice profile pic
@@frek_unknown3091 Hahaha thanks, you also got a nice profile pic.
@@jetseoldenhuis114 strange crew we got here lmao..
Hannibal was an O.G. He definitely was a genius ahead of his time. A tactical prowess determined to kick Rome's *expletive*
Throwing snakes onto a ship was proof that Hannibal was a mad lad.
no, he was smart !
thats what they teach you to call him. mad. while Romans were so jealous of how smart he was
@@mohaglade4892Yes Hannibal was nice. I wouldn’t say they were jealous of him but he definitely put some fear into their hearts for a short while. But Rome was just way too big at the time. It was pretty much no way to really beat them fully.
He exposed Bill Cosby. Respect Hanibal we love you dawg 💯
Anyone who's played Rome 2: Total War knows how good Balearic Slingers were.
Ryse son of rome
Not as good as in Rome 1.
Rome TW was well. Alongside Cretan archers, you never wanted their numbers go down from 80 people
School..they don't teach Hannibal in school they teach my friend has 2 daddys
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ballistic slingers you mean 🤣
If history classes were more like this, kids would learn so much more
I swear! I would have DEFINITELY enjoyed it more. I seemed to always get the teachers that make you read 6 chapters and then test u on something totally different
I mean I enjoy history. I used to read about anything and everything that I wondered about. Encyclopedias were my favorite as well. You gotta have the passion and curiosity to wanna read and learn more. I’m also useful in trivia because of all of the stuff I know
They are just depends on instructor and your flavor of history it you want to know the whole history of a story not every chapter is gonna be a bangger but if it is told the end result is usually pleasurable
Amen!
When it comes to educating our young, Every other developed nation has been leaving America behind for years, graduating more doctor's, scientists, and mathematicians than us by far.....and you believe the key to fixing the education system is to dumb it down further by teaching using bite sized easy to digest youtube videos.
I once went to a warehouse to pick up some pallet rack parts. The company was called Hannibal the company’s sign has a big elephant on it. I felt like a smart person bc I knew why, that doesn’t happen to often.
Its good to have an edge
Still can't understand what he was thinking when he decided to take the elephants and cross the Alps. Well, it did work out in the end, but not because of the elephants.
The alps and Europe were warmer then, during the Roman Warm Period. Here's wiki: The Roman Warm Period, or Roman Climatic Optimum, was a period of unusually-warm weather in Europe and the North Atlantic that ran from approximately 250 BC to AD 400.
Hannibal also loved it when a plan comes together.
He was... The Æ team!
You always had a plan, Hannibal
@@ihave3dogs2
3 internets for you
😂😂😂
"I told you I'll make it over the Alps foo!"
Launching snakes onto ships is almost as baller as Jack Churchill playing bagpipes on WWII battlefield and getting a kill with an English longbow.
Enjoying these history videos. 🧐
@Matteo Roberto no nobody cares
What is this BCE nonsense. Jesus Christ split history with his birth. It is BC or AD. Read the bible
Shapur I the Great was Rome worst nightmare not Hannibal no other enemy of Rome had humiliated this imperial behemoth the way Shapur I the Great did not even Hannibal and in the time of Hannibal Rome was not even Empire but he still lost to Rome Shapur I the Great was Rome worst nightmare he killed more than 180,000 Roman soldiers in only 2 Battles and 1 Siege the Siege of Dura Europos , Battle of Edessa and Battle of Barbalissos he won way more battles against Rome but I’m just giving you some example Shapur I The Great was out number 30,000 warriors but still completely destroyed the Roman army one of the most powerful empire in history he also destroyed and conquered some Arab states like Kingdom of Hatra something that Roman couldn’t do and he destroyed powerful super power empires like Iranic empires like Parthian empire with is father and also conquered the Kushan empire make them puppet of Sassanid who were also Iranic peoples and very powerful in there time and also after Battle of Misiche force the new Roman Emperor Philip the Arab (r. 244-249) to sign a favorable peace treaty that was regarded by the Romans as "a most shameful treaty".[1]
Shapur I the Great destroyed 100 % of Rome army not 80 % for example in Battle of Edessa that was the first time, a Roman emperor was taken prisoner. As such, the battle is generally viewed as one of the worst disasters in military history
Hannibal lost to Rome and is story is fail story but Hannibal is still among the best military commander in history with Alexander the Great, Cyrus the Great, Genghis Khan , Subutai, Napoleon, Timur , Shapur I the Great, Jan Žižka , Julius Caesar and others
In Tunisia, we learned a lot from our ancestor Hannibal, especially how to almost win then to loose in the stupidest manner.
I love it when a weird history video comes together too! Everyday I look for new ones and when I see one I get so excited! Particularly love the way he narrates the videos he cracks me up and I learn something
Fun fact: Balearic slinger training for children often involved giving them the sling and hanging a basket of food high up a tree. The children would not be allowed to eat anything until they knocked the food basket off the tree :,)
My grandpa did this! For context, we are form Majorca and he was a shepherd, so the sling was useful for the job. Nowadays kids still learn in school how to "braid" and use slings in P.E (or at least we did 10 years ago hahaha)
@@caterinatomaspujol4031 Oh no! I must have missed out. I’m from Mallorca too and we never did any of that! I was unaware it was still a thing they taught at schools here :( sounds like it would have been fun though (without the starving children part, right? xD)
@@rachelblack2165 Hahahaha it was except we didnt actually starve, just doing it as a sport and to learn about our culture 😄
Nothing like motivation to speed up the learning process!
me sobbing because i graduated high school and college without even a slightest knowledge about Hannibal.
Better to know late than never
😳
Homeschool baby.
You should do a video on Carthaginians(/Phoenicians) because when reading the comments here it become painfully clear a lot of people apparently have no clue at all about their history/ancestry.
@Helen Slater Their very own DNA and that of their ancestors refutes your statement, showing very clearly they had "skin of light pigmentation, dark hair and dark eyes".
Also " of those lands" yes, they inhabited those lands after migrating to them from the area we nowadays call the Levant.
-"Who were the Canaanites? New insight from 73 ancient genomes." ScienceDaily, 28 May 2020
-Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences, volume 101, issue 2, page 274-282, 3 august, 2017
-The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant, Cell, volume 181, issue 5, p. 1146-1157, may 28 2020
@Helen Slater You're spouting nonsense that has nothing to do with the subject. The FACT is that the Carthaginian remains found in tombs and cemeteries as well as remains of their ancestors give a very accurate picture through DNA what their phenotype was. THEIR VERY OWN DNA refutes your claims. It's as simple as that, your personal opinion doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what you think they should be like. They are as they were and their DNA shows us they were nothing like you claimed and this is consistent with ALL DNA analysis and examinations of Carthaginian/Phoenician/Canaanite remains. Even their myths, stories and writings as well as writings from other peoples tell us who they are and how they immigrated to Africa.
It's 2021 my friend, time to abandon your lies and prejudices and accept the reality of what their very own DNA shows them to be.
Facts and evidence triumph over (your) lies.
I wonder when we will we see Snakes on a Ship? "I've had it with these snakes on this ship!"
Playing assassin’s creed origins is where I found the snakes on the boat and wondered where it came from
😂😂😂
It would be interesting to know how Hannibal fed his elephants while crossing the Alps, and the other logistics of the enterprise.
A sizable supply train carrying food for humans and animals alike, most likely. I would be curious about the logistics as well.
Can’t be easy feeding those beast that far from home during a war one of the reasons we’re able to pinpoint the location of not only his but many other army’s through out history is the trails of dead horses they left behind
Hannibal : I will either find a way or make one .
Yep; quite possibly the most badass quote ever! 🐲
You guys should do cleopatra since a lot of people don’t realize that there was waaay more than just one cleopatra and trying to figure out which one is the ‘famous’ one that everyone knows about is confusing
They should do a video on Cleopatra not because we don’t know who the famous one is (Cleopatra VII Philopator) but because people like you clearly know nothing about her, if you’re out here thinking the “famous” Cleopatra is disputed. 😂 We even know what she looked like, because the Romans were into realistic statues and she was involved with Julius Caesar and visited him in Rome on official state business and he had a statue made of her. She was the mother of one of his children, after all.
@@TheBLGL they had a children called caesarion wich literally means "little caesar"
So true. There were so many. The one everyone knows of was like number 7 or 8!
You mean "Caligoola"?
@@gillettematch3188 Pizza! Pizza!
VENOMOUS snakes. "Poisonous" would implicate that the opponents had to eat said unfortunate serpents...
He was from Carthage. Carthage was founded by Phoenicians. Therefore, Hannible was middle eastern, not black. He was certainly a brilliant general. One of the best.
Hannibal Barca is one of my favorite Military Generals, throughout History. The man practically took the Romans apart, and you're right...he was a great Leader.
Please do Shing-Chih, the pirate queen of China and most successful criminal of all-time.
Ever heard of George Bush and Tony Blair?
@@paulleader7000
Don't cut yourself on that edge.
@@BuildinWings it was a joke...
@@paulleader7000 ever heard of the wef
Make a video about the library of Alexandria!
I didn’t learn about Hannibal in school, I learned about him thru RUclips documentaries after college...
@Vanja Soskic murica
I think I first learned about him when I played AOE. I was confused as to why Mr. Lector was included as some legendary figure.
Why would American education system teach you European history?
@Vanja Soskic Texas, USA 🇺🇸
@@yashshah3484 What does European history have to do with an Afrikan?
That’s why...
A Bird approves of this video.
good stuff
good stuff
Nice
The names Anibal (Hannibal), Asdrubal (Hasdrubal) and Amilcar (Hamilcar) are common in Spanish and it is neat to know the origin of those names.
That's so cool, here in tunisia too these names are still used specially hannibal
Spain, was under Moor rule for 800 years, nuntil 1492
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In Tunisia Hannibal is in the 5 Dinar banknote
“Who killed Hannibal?”
-Eric Andre
"Who killed Bambi?"
- Sex Pistols and Ten Pole Tudor.
He killed himself
They say by poison
No, you are all wrong. Hannibal was killed in battle by Publius Cornelius Scipio at the Battle of Zama (which is now Tunisia) in 202 BC which marked the end of the 2nd Punic war.
@@paulccrimmins "All wrong"?
There's only one commenter claiming that he killed himself.
Fun Fact: Hannibal HATED fava beans.
What about garbanzo beans?
But loved a good bottle of chianti
Except when he was having a friend for lunch!!
Your channel is absolutely the best! The cracking keeps me cackling, plus I actually learn something new with each video! Keep up the fantastic work and thank you😊😊😊😊😊
Love you content. Not sure if you’ve done one on Mansa Musa but I would love an episode on him
And hopefully Mansa’s father, who sailed a large number of ships westward and .....
@@jjw56 I don’t think there’s enough recorded history of that to make a full video. But I’m hip to what you’re saying
Fun fact about Hannibal. He was so feared by the Romans that they had the sentence "Hannibal ad portas!" meaning Hannibal is at the ports to let the children fear if they didnt listened to their parents
Finally! Let's talk about the elephant(s) in the room. 🙈
Ba dum dum TSSSH !!
Hannibal had no siege weapons to break into Rome (catapults use twisted horsehair -- not very good). In the Middle Ages, the trebuchet was invented: a weighted lever and sling that can send a 500lb boulder a quarter mile. It ended the safety of stone walls forever. Hannibal's men worked with Syracuse (another enemy of Rome) --- which Archimedes defended with amazing mechanical inventions (not just levers and screws). Hannibal had slingers. Archimedes might have put one and one together. And ended Rome.
How can you tell the tale of Hannibal and not mention the fact he led an insurgency for over 15 years against Rome in Rome.
Well done again Weird History! Keep up the good work!
Hannibal is the best general ever!!! This vídeo is the best!!!! Thanks
Best channel on RUclips!
Video: Facts About Hannibal You Didn't Learn In School
Me: The cannibal?
You could have included that he lost one of his eyes to infection, and that only one of his elephants made it over the Alps, which he rode at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
I really enjoyed that Hannibal/A-Team reference. I’m old..........
I didn't learn these things about Hannibal in school. I must have missed the Hannibal Lecture.
“I had it with this roman-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday planes, I mean boats” Roman General, Battle of Eumnes maybe
I’ve never been this early to a Weird History video ever...weird...
Me neither lmao
Hannibal once told Scipio that the 3 greatest generals to live were Alexander, Pyrrhus and himself. When Scipio asked what Hannibal would've thought if he had beaten him, he replied saying that if he had beaten Scipio, he would be beyond all other generals. Essentially, Hannibal believed Scipio Africanus to be so great that he can't even be compared to.
Those are probably just legends
@@hamzahammami22 You may well be right. But after defeating Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, I am amazed that Scipio didn't demand Hannibal's surrender as part of the peace terms, so he could haul him through the streets of Rome in his Triumph. You would have thought that the Romans would have been thirsting to take revenge on the man who ravaged Italy for more than 15 years. But they didn't perhaps because of the respect Scipio had for Hannibal.
Sly A-Team reference...🍻
About one hundred years before Hannibal's rise to power,Alexander the Great was one of history's greatest military minds who, established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen.
@Just Moi Art of War??
I love your commentary, especially with the dry wit which makes me laugh 😂😂😂😂
The most interesting point for was the venomous/poisonous snakes 🐍🐍🐍🐍
I would love to hear about Hurrem Sultan and Kosem Sultan
New title: 10 things you don't know about Hanibal from school, but you learned from every RUclips historical channels video about him:) anyway keep up the good work!
I love this channel 😍
He enjoyed liver with Fava beans and a nice Chianti, slurp slurp slurp...Clarisssssss
Amarone, actually.
They changed it for the movie for some reason.
A man like him wouldn’t pair the wrong wine with his food.
Don't knock Fava beans there delicious clariceeeee
Can the people of this channel do a video about how the Janissary Corps came to be?
Never learned about Hannibal at school I learned about him through the internet and books while I was skipping class because the classes were that bad.
I also hear he had unusual food preferences.
We are all very much ready for 1994 TIMELINE!!🙏❤
No no we're not... the more years he does the older I feel 🙈🥲😭
@@JOGA_Wills age isn't nothing but a number. You can be 50 but feel and look like your still in your prime. Its all about how you take care of yourself. I'm sure your not that old anyway. If your under 60 then you still have ALOT of living to do
BOTTOM LINE.... RELEASE THE NEXT YEAR.. this comment is directed to weird history.. you know what the real fans want... and that's more timeline
It should really be on Netflix
I HAVE A FEVER .. AND THE ONLY MEDICATION IS MORE TIMELINE 👨⚕️💉💊🧬🔬🧪⚗
I did know he does enjoy Chianti with some Fava Beans!
I don’t know if you have any control over this, but man those 4 minute long ads are awful. I like waiting your videos as I fall asleep but it’s tough to do when I have to roll over every couple of minutes just to skip an ad (I know, first world problems)
As one of his descendants, my family has always discussed him and his accomplishments.
Wut?
@@jeffbezos4275 yeah it’s not a surprise
Are you Tunisian?
@@saf4433 the thing is his descendants are spread throughout the world and no I’m not Tunisian, I’m Sicilian-Australian
@@thomasbarca9297 Sicilian is also plausible, the Phonecians and then Carthaginians colonized for a while
Thank you !!! more about Carthage please
They left out the part when Hannibal conquered Cosby
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Sick A Team reference.
Thanks!
🇳🇵Love from Nepal !!!
Indeed you should make a video about Alan Turing 🙂😍
I knew that Hannibal crossed the alps with elephants, but I didn’t learned that in school. My grandfather who was an archioligist told me this.🤣
Hope they mentioned him using female elephants in heat to lure the male ones onto rafts.
That's cool and really really tricky
Thanks for another interesting and informative video
The jars full of snakes...how clever
This is great and all but ..... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! MORE 90'S TIMELINE
Dope keep em coming.
You should do a video on Ponce de Leon
Thank you for your excellent videos
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 or The Conqueror added to his name , His name was enough to make anyone have chills Hannibal Barca , yet he is Super underrated
CHERIEF..Sadek sadek..EXCELLANT COMMENTARY!!1!! , IN ADDITION ROMAN ARMIES WERE INSTRUCTED TO NO LONGER ENGAGE HIM IN BATTLE AFTER CANNAE
They didn't teach me ANYTHING about Hannibal in my 13 years of school. I had to learn about Hannibal on my own. One of the Greatest General's of a time. Brought Rome to its knees and was about 20,000 men short of taking Rome ( as he asked for reinforcements from Carthage to land the final blow to the Roman Empire and was denied! Thus forcing Hannibal to retreat)
I'd love to see a video on ancient giants.
Lawrence Taylor isn't THAT old.
Hannibal's story would make a great series!
Reading the comments of folks who didn't learn about Hannibal in school makes me wonder, what the Hell did they teach you folks?!
That’s good A-Team humor. 😂
You were so badass to the point that you were the only one that could take yourself out. Not the mighty empire, not even the imperial army could do that. Legend!
Empire?
Can you do a vid on Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary? Maybe something with his roots and lineage?
I wonder if he's related to Hannibal lector
Fun fact, I didn't learn about that. Thank you.
I always thought Hannibal had a thing for Clarice
And a taste for people...
It would've been more fitting to name the female character Scipio Sterling.
@weirdhistory I would love to see you make a video about a man with a cool name and a legend for a grandson, Charles The Hammer Martel.
You forgot about the part when he ate that guy with fava beans and a nice glass of chianti.
Shh! Be quiet.
Interesting, thank you for the video.
I didn't even learn about Hannibal in school
I don't even learn about Hanibal Barca at school so everything is a new fact
"Facts about hannibal you didnt learn in school" i was never taught about this dude in school and i thought you where talking about Anthony Hopkins character 👀
Omg same! Lol I thought I was the only one thinking this🙈😆
I really enjoy your videos, I would like you to do a video of the history of codnor castle in Nottingham I live right next to the castle there is not much left remaining of it. Thank you
Anthony Hopkins likes this.
Loving these videos. Can you make one on:
Alexander Pushkin's great-grandfather: Gannibal
King Louis XIV
Frederick the Great
Thomas Becket
Atilla the Hun
Odoacer
Long live the Lebanese, the direct descendants of their Phoenico-Canaanite forebears in their ancestral Levantine homeland of Pūt, from whom stemmed Hannibal Barca of the Second Punic War.
LOL! Lebanese are Arabs. The modern people closest to Carthaginians, Phoenicians, and Hannibal Barca are Jews and Samaritans.
@@jasondelrosario5523 Native ethnic Lebanese are indeed the direct descendants of their Phoenico-Canaanite forebears, pal. DNA doesn't lie.
Could you guys go into more detail about Gaias Marius and his battle with the Cimbre and Teutons?
Life is crazier then fiction!
Than