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    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…

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    Describe the similarities and differences of Hannibal Barca and Mao Zedong. From two histories that mentioned about the journey of the two military leaders, Hannibal Barca and Mao Zedong. There are many similarities between Mao and Hannibal. First, both of them courage and sacrifice that’s make they are acceptable. Hannibal’s defeat is still recognize as one of the greatest military leader in history and Mao’s story named Mao’s Little Red Book was published in October 1966. Next reason is…

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    Hannibal Barca fought for the Carthaginians in The Second Punic War, which had ended in Roman victory. He was always the ambitious person and his dad made him swear an oath of hatred towards the Romans. He died in 183 BCE after he drank a vial containing a poison to avoid falling into enemy hands, then he was cremated and put in a Tophet which holds urns with the cremated remains of dead people. Hannibal was born in 247 BCE Carthage (Modern Day Tunisia). Barca died in 183 BCE Libyssa (Modern…

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    Savannah Rodriguez Wellmen CJ V08 October 13, 2015 “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit” By: John Douglas and Mark Olshaker Book Report Written by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit” was published in 1995. Mindhunter was New York Times best seller. The book is about John Douglas’s twenty five year career with the Investigative Support Unit. Also, the book is about some of the cases John Douglas investigated.…

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    could analyze them in a second. Hannibal to me was a very sane doctor but he was not a sane man. I think to understand the type of person he was you had to go back to the beginning which is why I decided to watch one of the last movies of the series, which is the first to answer why. I watched all of the movie series, but chose solely to focus on Hannibal rising, which is the movie based on Hannibal’s child hood. Or there could be speculation that because Hannibal knew that murder was wrong he…

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    Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who is considered to be one of the most talented and able field commanders. Although the military strategies that were used during this time were few and far between, Hannibal, who would fight like no other, would use his wits to outsmart the Romans in many battles. Hannibal could be called the general who won the battle and lost the war because of his new military formation that would win the Battle of Cannae, his Hellenistic approach to war and his tactics…

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    When many people think of a serial killer they think of Hannibal Lecter, although he is fictional, or Jeffrey Dahmer. A serial killer is someone who murders at least three people that fit a specific category weather it is based on gender, race, wealth, age, religion, or any other characteristic (Serial Killer 2001). Serial killers have intrigued and frightened people in American culture for decades. One of the more horrifying aspects of serial killers is that there is no way of distinguishing…

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    Hannibal Barca, commander of the Carthaginian army, led his men against the Romans during the Second Punic War. For fifteen years Hannibal out manoeuvred and defeated the Romans time and time again. Hannibal can be considered as one of the best commanders of all antiquity because of his tactical use of terrain to his advantage, his use of psychological warfare to lure the Romans in, and his ability to create a sizeable functioning army made of mercenaries. A great commander does not solely…

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    not great ones. There are different names and titles to a leader such as dictator, tyrant, oppressor, and others. To reflect on those titles, Hannibal, Caligula, and Wu Zetian exhibit different qualifies of leadership based on their background and motives to portray the names historians have put upon them. All of them shared a certain a quality that…

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    named Dr. Hannibal Lecter was being held. Dr. Hannibal Lecter was a famous imprisoned psychiatrist. He was very smart and new much information on Buffalo Bill. In the end Clarice figures out who Buffalo Bill is through clues from Dr. Hannibal Lecter and different psychological and scientific methods.…

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