{"id":16684,"date":"2022-07-27T12:26:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T10:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=212296"},"modified":"2022-07-28T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T11:47:08","slug":"hannibal-romes-greatest-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/hannibal-romes-greatest-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannibal: Rome\u2019s greatest nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Spencer Mizen\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 27 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Philip Freeman shares the story of how the brilliant Carthaginian general <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/roman\/how-hannibal-beat-the-alps-but-couldnt-beat-rome\/&quot;\">Hannibal led his elephants over the Alps<\/a> and into Rome\u2019s nightmares, making his name a byword for terror for centuries. Speaking to Spencer Mizen, he reveals how Hannibal outfoxed his mortal enemy, only to throw it all away.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-212296-3&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Hannibal-90b3e98.mp3?_=3&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Hannibal-90b3e98.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Hannibal-90b3e98.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Philip Freeman is the author of <em>Hannibal: Rome\u2019s Greatest Enemy<\/em> (Pegasus, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/hannibal\/philip-freeman\/9781643138718&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Hannibal-Greatest-Philip-Freeman-PhD\/dp\/1643138715\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/hannibal-rome-s-greatest-enemy-9781643138718\/9781643138718&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Spencer Mizen Published: Wednesday, 27 July 2022 at 12:00 am Philip Freeman shares the story of how the brilliant Carthaginian general Hannibal led his elephants over the Alps and into Rome\u2019s nightmares, making his name a byword for terror for centuries. 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