fighting force that wasn’t even at its strongest. This victory is not dissimilar too that of Alexander the Greats Battle with Darius III at Gaugamela, where 47,000 Macedonians defeated the Persian army, which amassed to 200,000. In both cases we see two “heroes” from the ancient world, who have each gone down as one of the greatest general’s and strategists of all time. However one of course conquered the world and the other didn’t even conquer Rome. Scipio’s fellow general Sempronius soon came with reinforcements, from Ariminum on the Adriatic coast. The battle field was now set and two hostile armies occupied either shore of the river Trebia. Here again Hannibal showed his great skill as a general, one that is well documented so is more than
