Fittingly enough, Napoleon was frequently compared to Hannibal during his lifetime.

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• Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Wasn’t it because he was so good at PR?

  Restricted all the news about Egypt defeat until many years later etc

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• CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ayyyy!

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• MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “I’m something of a Hannibal myself.” - some short Corsican.

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• tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  squandering a better army by failing to force a battle

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