Rome's Revenge: Hannibal Part 2

How to Take Over the World

Benjamin Wilson

Self-improvement, Education, History

5 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Hannibal Barca was Rome's greatest enemy. What was it about his strategies and leadership style that allowed him to haunt Romans' nightmares for centuries? 00:00 Introduction to Hannibal's Legendary Campaign 01:40 Sponsor Message: Gains in Bulk 02:20 Setting the Stage: Hannibal's Underdog Strategy 03:15 Hannibal's Arrival in Italy and Initial Tactics 09:30 The Trebia River Battle: A Crushing Roman Defeat 17:30 Hannibal's Second Great March 22:08 The Battle of Lake Trasimene: Hannibal's Perfect Ambush 30:50 Prelude to Cannae: Motivational Speeches and Strategies 39:30 Hannibal's Tactical Mastery at Cannae 41:00 The Aftermath and Roman Resilience 43:00 Hannibal's Missed Opportunity and Roman Defiance 46:00 Rome's Relentless Spirit and Selective Irrationality 48:30 Hannibal's Strategic Retreat and the Long War 56:30 The Final Confrontation: Battle of Zama 01:00:00 Hannibal's Legacy and Final Years 01:09:30 Main Takeaway: The Power of Relentlessness ---- Sponsors: ⁠⁠TakeoverPod.Supercast.com⁠⁠ - All premium content for just $7/month ⁠⁠AustinLab.AI⁠⁠ - Provides advanced AI tools for businesses of any size ⁠⁠GainsInBulk.com/ben⁠⁠ - Use code Ben for 20% off instantized creatine and more ⁠⁠Speechify.com/ben⁠⁠ - Use code Ben for 15% off Speechify premium ⁠⁠Founders Podcast

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0:00.0	I'm gonna show you how great I am.
0:04.0	This, let's have a tiny shower.
0:07.0	I just want to say from the bottom of me heart,
0:10.0	I'd like to take this chance to apologize to absolutely nobody.
0:24.0	Hello and welcome to how to Think Over the World.
0:24.8	This is Ben Wilson.
0:31.3	There are only a few stories in all of history that just seem to stick in the world's collective consciousness.
0:32.6	Generation after generation.
0:38.3	You can think of the life of Jesus, the assassination of Julius Caesar, Moses parting the Red Sea,
0:44.1	the fall of Troy, Alexander the Great Conquering Persia. And Hannibal's invasion of Italy belongs on that list. It contains potentially the most famous battle of all time, the Battle of Can I?
0:48.9	Hannibal's actions have inspired generals, statesmen, poets, and artists for thousands of years
0:53.8	at this point,
0:54.6	and it's not difficult to see why. His campaign in Italy is nearly unparalleled, both in its
0:59.6	daring and its brilliant execution. Hannibal was Rome's greatest enemy. They continued to speak of him
1:05.5	as a boogeyman for hundreds of years, and yet his performance in this war was so unbelievably swashbuckling and virtuosic
1:14.4	that the Romans could not help but tinge their fear with admiration of Hannibal. So let's see what he
1:20.9	does and how he does it. As a reminder, this is part two in the series of Hannibal's life. The first part
1:25.7	covered his childhood up to his crossing of the Alps and this episode will cover the rest of the story until the series of Hannibal's life. The first part covered his childhood up to his crossing of the Alps, and this episode
1:29.7	will cover the rest of the story until the end of his life.
1:32.5	So with all that said, let's get into it.
1:34.2	This is part two of the life of Hannibal.
1:38.5	First a word from our sponsor, Gaines and Bulk.
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