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I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.
— Hannibal
I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.
Ah there is one thing about them more wonderful than their numbers … in all that vast number there is not one man called Gisgo.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honour and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour.
