The Second Punic War – OverSimplified (Part 1) Reaction



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44 thoughts on “The Second Punic War – OverSimplified (Part 1) Reaction”

  1. So I had to look this up first because I didn't want to put out false information. But yeah that is definitely the wrong Scipio you're thinking about lol. The Roman Consol Scipio is Africanus father. Weird how the sons of two different people who are at war with each other would become rivals after each side was losing lol.

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  2. A bit of critisism on my part. The man has barely uploaded and you're already reacting to it. At least give the uploader some time get some amount of views on the video. But anyway, that's just my way of thinking.

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  3. This Scipio isn't the famous great general, it's his son, or "Younger". Sorry if you comment on it later. Hannibal and Scipio Africanis easily are a couple of the greatest in history. What a turning point in world history this particular war is

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  4. Your suggestion to Scipio reminds me of a line from Almost Heroes (Matthew Perry/Chris Farley):
    “Rest assured, Bidwell. In 20 years or so, the ravages of old age will deal with the bear [that tore your ear off] far more cruelly than we ever could have”

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  5. The Saguntum situation isn't portrayed accurately in Oversimplified's video. Saguntum isn't some city clearly in Carthage's area but rather right next to the Ebro River. Still… should be easy to figure out… which side is it on. Well that's the problem… it splits.

    The Ebro river split at parts and Saguntum sat in between both parts. Carthage claimed that the river officially diverts north so Saguntum was on Carthage's side of the river per the treaty. Rome claimed that the Ebro river officially diverts south so Saguntum was on Rome's side per the treaty. This wasn't a situation where Rome picked a random city clearly in Carthage's region. It was a problem that was very common and still shows up to this day.

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  6. Regarding the ~14:00 bit (which seems to be a twisted version of Mufasa's talk with Simba), I recall Atun-Shei maybe saying that there are very few human experiences like collective defeat (in that case he was talking about the aftermath of the civil war) I assume Hamilcar would've been in a very similar situation, feeling betrayed, pointless, maybe emasculated. We can find societies dealing with defeat all over history and most of the time they make revenge a part of their identity. I am willing to bet Hamilcar left for Spain with a base of suporters that felt exactly the same, and this might have been a major rift in Carthaginian society.

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