Hannibal Goes to Rome
As the mercenary forces of Carthage move to halt an ever-expanding Roman Empire, only one man has the audacity and talent to command the charge. One man, unlike any other before or since in history, is capable of dismantling the Roman machine. One man, alone, is crazy enough to bring elephants over the Alps. That man is Hannibal Barca, and this is his story condensed into a sardonic comic unworthy of his name.
Told in a humorous (yet educational) manner, Hannibal Goes to Rome humanizes the inhumane actions that indelibly altered the course of civilization. More force than man, Hannibal pitted himself against Roman society, and very nearly swept it from history. Despite commanding over the mightiest slaughters in Ancient warfare, he strove to maintain a measure of human dignity and respect against an enemy that perfected fascism.
Writer Brendan McGinley, artist Mauro Vargas, and colorist Andres Carranza bring you the historical, hysterical account of a man with big dreams, and the big elephants he rode to pursue them. Hannibal is at the gates.
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Book one
The Carthaginian commander takes his war on Rome over the Alps, under fire, and atop an elephant.
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Hannibal's leadership sweeps the army across Europe, but what force waits for them on the bank of the Ebro River?
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The elephants' hesitation leaves the army vulnerable to Roman pursuers.
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Two bickering brothers ask Hannibal to intercede in the fate of their kingdom.
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The army enters the Alps, where the hardest two weeks of their lives await.
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Nature herself opposes the Carthaginian army at every turn.
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Book Two
Entering Italy, Hannibal makes a show of power before facing his pursuer, Publius Cornelius Scipio and casting the die of the war to come
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Tiberius Sempronius Longus's perspective of The Battle of the Trebia does not exactly line up with reality.
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Hannibal spends a hard winter reflecting on the war's other fronts before his rematch with Tiberius Sempronius Longus. In Rome, portents of doom manifest everywhere.
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Hannibal takes on the hotheaded Gaius Flaminius Nepos in the bloody Battle of Lake Trasimene
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