. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. an who inheritedhis fathers deep-laid plans of vengeance, and set out, his heartburning with hatred of Rome, to fulfil them. We cannot dwell upon his wonderful march over theAlps and his brilliant series of victories on the soil of whole plan of campaign was, briefly, to invadeItaly by land with a compact striking force and raise theunwilling subjects of Rome against her, while the main forceof Carthage attacked Sicily and Italy by sea. But it containedthree serious miscalculations which brought it event
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. an who inheritedhis fathers deep-laid plans of vengeance, and set out, his heartburning with hatred of Rome, to fulfil them. We cannot dwell upon his wonderful march over theAlps and his brilliant series of victories on the soil of whole plan of campaign was, briefly, to invadeItaly by land with a compact striking force and raise theunwilling subjects of Rome against her, while the main forceof Carthage attacked Sicily and Italy by sea. But it containedthree serious miscalculations which brought it eventually toruin. First, the southern Gauls on whom Hannibal relied forhis communications and his base proved fickle and untrust-worthy allies ; secondly, he found that Romes mild imperialsystem had not produced unwilling subjects such as Carthagepossessed in Africa ; and thirdly, he hoped for support fromPhilip of Macedon, but here he was foiled by Roman diplo-macy. Moreover, while the Romans showed a tenacity andpower of recuperation unexampled in history, Carthage her-50.
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