guy Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) I want to thank the wonderful online magazine “Roman Times” for bringing this excellent video by Dr. Patrick Hunt on Hannibal to my attention: Quote “Patrick points out that at the battle of Cannae Hannibal took advantage of a seasonal dust storm that is known to blow sand from the Sahara desert into Italy at that time of the year and positioned his troops so that the wind was at their back while it was blowing in the faces of the Romans. He also mentioned that Hannibal used troops dressed in captured Roman armor from the battles of the Trebia River and Lake Trasimene to help trick the Romans into advancing into his concave center where they could be outflanked.“ https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2021/07/hannibals-secret-weapons.html?m=1 At 34:30: Dr. Hunt talks about the types of Elephants used by Hannibal. At 1:02:00: Dr. Hunt discusses the use of the blinding dust storm off Africa into Southern Italy to his advantage. He had the wind to his back, while the wind blew into the Romans’ eyes at the Battle of Cannae. Dr. Hunt reminds us about the Battle of Cannae: Between 55-70,000 Romans died (one out of every five Roman males between the ages of 17 to 50). Possibly more deaths on that day than on any other day in the history on the battlefield. Edited February 2 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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