„Lasst uns jetzt die Römer von ihrer ständigen Sorge befreien, da ihnen das Warten auf den Tod eines alten Mannes lange vorkommt.“
— Hannibal Barkas
Letzte Worte, gemäß Titus Livius "ab urbe condita", Buch 39, 51
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Hannibal war ein karthagischer Stratege und Heerführer, der als einer der größten Feldherren der Antike gilt. Während des Zweiten Punischen Krieges fügte er dem Römischen Reich mehrere schwere Niederlagen zu und brachte Rom 216 v. Chr. in der Schlacht von Cannae an den Rand des Untergangs.
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„Ihr müßt tapfere Männer sein, alle Auswege zwischen Sieg und Tod sind versperrt.“
— Hannibal Barkas
vor dem Gefecht am Ticinus 218 v. Chr zu seinen Soldaten, gemäß Titus Livius "ab urbe condita", Buch 21, 45
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„Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.“
— Hannibal
Last words according to Livy "ab urbe condita", Book XXXIX, 51.
„I will either find a way, or make one.“
— Hannibal
Latin proverb, most commonly attributed to Hannibal in response to his generals who had declared it impossible to cross the Alps with elephants; English translation as quoted in Salesmanship and Business Efficiency (1922) by James Samuel Knox, p. 27.
„I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honour and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour.“
— Hannibal
As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.
„God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.“
— Hannibal
As quoted by Livy, :la:s:Ab Urbe Condita/liber XXI 44, as translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt, in The War with Hannibal (1965).
„Ah there is one thing about them more wonderful than their numbers … in all that vast number there is not one man called Gisgo.“
— Hannibal
Spoken as a jest to one of his officers named Gisgo, who had remarked on the numbers of Roman forces against them before the Battle of Cannae (2 August 216 BC), as quoted in A History of Rome (1855), by Henry George Liddell Vol. 1, p. 355
Variant translation: You forget one thing Gisgo, among all their numerous forces, there is not one man called Gisgo.
„I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.“
— Hannibal
Spoken to Italian soldiers of Rome captured at the Battle of Lake Trasimene (24 June 217 BC) as quoted in Hannibal : One Man Against Rome (1958) by Harold Lamb, p. 119.
