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Ancient Rome, one of the greatest
superpowers in history

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whose far-reaching legacy continues
to shape our lives.

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For close on 1000 years, the Romans
dominated the known world.

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Theirs was an extraordinary empire
that heralded an age

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of unprecedented prosperity
and stability,

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but that also ruled through violence
and oppression.

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Rome's rise to greatness
wasn't inevitable.

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It's epic history was often decided
by single, critical moments.

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In this series, I'm exploring eight
key days that I believe help to

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explain Rome's remarkable success.

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To understand the full significance
of these eight days,

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I'm travelling across the
Roman world...
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I am incredibly lucky to get access
to this archaeological site.

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Examining remarkable finds...

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When you dig up something like this,

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how does it make you feel about the
Romans who were here at the time?

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We think it's a kind of genocide.

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..And investigating the complexities
of what it was to be Roman.

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This is the day when a Roman
general, Publius Cornelius Scipio,

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went head-to-head with the legendary
Hannibal and the mighty empire of

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Carthage in a battle that would
determine if Rome

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really had the muscle to
rule the ancient world.

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Forwards!

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On the 19th of October, 202 BC,

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the future of two great
civilisations was decided
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in the unforgiving deserts of
north Africa,

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at a place called Zama.

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For me, this was a momentous day in
the story of the ancient world.

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A winner-takes-all confrontation
between the majesty of Carthage

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and the upstart, that was Rome.

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Now, 500 years before this
titanic battle,

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Rome had been pretty much like any
other small-time Mediterranean

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settlement, in this case,

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a bunch of wooden houses around the
River Tiber surrounded by these

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protecting hills.

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But there seem to be something
special in the Roman DNA,

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something that drove her to the top
of the pile.

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A relentless ambition,
a delight in battle,

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that propelled Rome to the day she
would confront

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Hannibal's Carthaginian
army at Zama.

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And the Romans told themselves this
warrior ethos was there

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right at the city's birth.

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Rome's founders, Romulus and Remus
were, all good Romans believed,

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the actual sons of Mars,
the God of war.

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And it was said that when Romulus
infamously murdered his own brother

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to rule alone, the character of Rome
was set.

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Driven, bloody, ruthless
from day one.

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Even by ancient standards,

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the Romans fetishised violence and
aggression and ambition.

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It seems that this little state
had a hard,

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flinty determination to make their
mark on the world.

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2,5000 years ago, Rome occupied a
fraction of today's modern city.

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Just four tightly
packed square miles

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with a population of around 60,000.

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But Rome was in a prime location,

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the River Tiber offering access to
the possibilities

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of the wider world.

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The city was built as a
republic, a res publica,

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somewhere that people came together
to engage, literally,

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in public things.

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It was a super smart
political philosophy

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where every Roman was assured that
the state has their interests

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at heart, that we're all in
this together.

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So, every Roman citizen had a vested
interest to ensure that Rome

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didn't just survive, but thrived.

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In the sixth century BC, Rome spread
into central Italy,

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the lands of Latium, where Latin was
a common language.

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This city of Gabii, 11 miles
to the east,

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was one of the first to be absorbed
into the Roman project.

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Here, at the site of ancient Gabii,

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new excavations are revealing
exactly how Rome

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assimilated her neighbours.

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Turning outsiders, them, into Roman
allies, us,

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with threats of violence, but also
promises of protection

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and prosperity.
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Nicola Terrenato is director of
this remarkable project.

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Digging here, what does it tell you
about the relationship of a town

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and Gabii with Rome?

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This is a city that is
closest to Rome,

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and so this is where Rome is
testing its mettle.

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And we see, right after the alliance
with Rome starts,

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that all sorts of good
things happen.

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Great temples being built, elite
houses become bigger, more lavish,

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fabulous roads being laid.

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We're standing right on top of a
sequence of roads

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connecting the people of Gabii with
Rome, roads that the Roman army

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is going to protect, so that makes
it very easy to travel.
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There is a very strong Roman
strategy, isn't there,

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to come to towns like this and offer
protection in return for men

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who will then fight for Rome.

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Absolutely. It's a cheap
way of expanding.

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But they also have the ability
to be ruthless.

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When the city is opposing Roman
expansion, they will attack,

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they will siege, they will pillage,
and in exceptional instances,

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they will eliminate the city, so it
is a carrot and stick approach.

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I tell you what is brilliant about
being here,

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is that you can almost smell
Rome's determination.

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This is Rome learning how to do what
it will then do across the whole

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Mediterranean. This is
the laboratory,
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and they will repeat this with
hundreds of other urban communities

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throughout the Mediterranean,
but they start here.

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250 years after Gabii's takeover,

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most of Italy had fallen under
Roman control.

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This was a vast protection racket in
all but name.

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Now, the only thing standing in the
way of Rome's insatiable ambition

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was Carthage.

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Carthage had what Rome wanted,
a glorious Empire.

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With trading networks and colonies
stretching from Lebanon

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in the east to Spain in the west,

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it was the sophisticated superpower
of the Mediterranean.

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These two powers were about to come
head-to-head.

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Carthage, the dominant force in the
ancient world versus Rome,

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the new kid on the block.

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The fields of Europe and North
Africa were to be

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giant battlegrounds, with one man
emerging to block

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Rome's overweening ambition.

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His name was Hannibal Barca,
the legendary Carthaginian general.

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And he threatened to be
Rome's nemesis.

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In 218 BC, Hannibal launched one of
the most famous and daring military

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manoeuvres in history.

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At the head of a huge
multiethnic army,

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he marched from Spain with 38 war
elephants across the frozen Alps

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and into Italy.

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Pushing south, Hannibal won
victory after victory.
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Rome was facing disaster.

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Mike Loads is an expert in
ancient warfare.

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What an exceptional man Hannibal
must have been.

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Hannibal is such a legend because he
was both a strategic genius

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and a tactical genius.

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He led a polyglot army.

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He had Numidians from North Africa,
he had his Liby-Phoenician

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from North Africa, he had Iberian
troops from his Spanish campaigns,

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and he supposedly spoke to all these
people in their own languages.

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He was a soldier's general.

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What greater testament could there
be to his character?

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These men willingly followed him on
this great and dangerous adventure.

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Rome was in a desperate fight
against Hannibal

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and his armies as they rampaged
through the Italian homeland.

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Eventually, in August 216 BC, at
Cannae in southern Italy,

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a huge Roman army was assembled.

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The largest force ever put
in the field.

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It was 80,000 strong, twice the
size of Hannibal's,

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and the Roman generals were
confident of victory.

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But what happened next
would become known

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as one of Rome's darkest hours.

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More than 40,000 men,

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over half of Rome's fighting force,
were massacred.

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Hannibal's victory at Cannae stands

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as one of the most memorable
military feats of all time.

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A sight to behold, general.

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But, according to one of Rome's most
celebrated historians, Livy,

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from the shameful bloodbath of
Cannae emerged a true Roman hero,

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Publius Cornelius Scipio.

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This was the man who would confront
Hannibal at Zama,

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and show the world by Rome was
the exception.

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Born to rule.

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216 BC, immediately after Rome's
crushing defeat

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at the hands of Hannibal.

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The Roman historian Livy records
that the young army officer, Scipio,

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was on the run in enemy territory
with a fellow soldier.

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Now, after the slaughter at Cannae,

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Scipio's companion was one of many
ready to desert the Roman army.
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I'm done hiding in ditches.

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I'm heading to the coast.

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Are you with me?

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I swear that I will never
desert Rome.

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If I break my vow,

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may Jupiter himself bring to me a
shameful death.

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Now you!

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Take the sword from my throat and
I'll swear it.

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Swear it!

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I swear never to desert Rome.

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If I break my oath...

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May Jupiter bring me to a
shameful death.

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Scipio's refusal to abandon Rome at
this critical time...

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Rome's this way.

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..would become part of
Roman folklore.

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In a war that was going badly,
Scipio's bravado stood out.

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In fact, he was made to embody all
the qualities

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that the Romans valued.

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In particular, virtus.

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And now, virtus comes from the word
vir, which means man,

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and if you possessed virtus,

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then you were brave and strong on
behalf of Rome and in return,

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that bestowed on you gloria
and dignitas,

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a kind of glorious fame and a
dignified reputation.

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These qualities would mark Scipio
out as a textbook Roman hero.

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But immediately after the
defeat at Cannae,
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ideas of glory seemed a
long way off.

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When news of the slaughter finally
arrived in Rome,

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one emotion swept through the
city, fear.

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Hannibal could arrive at the gates
at any moment.

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Panic was threatening to take hold
of the city.

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Almost every household had
lost someone,

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and the sound of wailing mourners
filled the streets.

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The politicians had to get a grip on
the situation.

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At the time of Cannae, the Roman
Senate was in charge of the

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administration of the city,

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and they called an emergency meeting
in a building

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that is now buried right
underneath this church.
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At a loss as to what to do,

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the Senate sought out the guidance
of an establishment figure

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from one of Rome's most
distinguished families.

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Quintus Fabius Maximus was an elder
statesman and celebrated general,

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who'd advised against fighting
Hannibal at Cannae.

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Senator...

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He now took control of the city.

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One of Fabius Maximus's first
actions was to ban female mourners

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from the streets in an effort to
restore calm.

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In effect, weeping was outlawed,
but that wasn't enough.

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The Roman historian Livy tells us
what happens next,

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and it is an extraordinary, and for
us, appalling measure.

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A priestess, known as a
vestal virgin,

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was accused of having had sex,
breaking her vow of chastity.

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Fabius Maximus declared that she had
angered the gods,

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who punished Rome with the
devastating defeat at Cannae.

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To appease the gods, he ordered that
the vestal virgin be condemned

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to a horrific fate...

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..human sacrifice.

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Any news of your son?

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No, senator.

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May the gods in their majesty
let him be living.

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Is this spectacle really necessary?

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Rome is nothing without the favour
of the gods.

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If this whore and others like her
had not desecrated their office,

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perhaps your son would be at
your side today.

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This was ritual murder carried out
by a people desperate to overcome

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the trauma of defeat.

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When we think about the Romans,

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we shouldn't just imagine men and
women like us dressed in togas.

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This was often a very primitive and
deeply superstitious society.

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There were gods and goddesses and a
demigods and spirits all around.

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It was somewhere both of
extraordinary sophistication

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and also sometimes of
chilling savagery.

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And Rome was also an achingly
macho society,

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where girls were married off from
the age of ten

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with mythic rapes re-enacted as part
of the marriage rituals.

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The Romans hoped that burying a
woman alive would help to purify

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the state, restoring Rome's
confidence and vigour.

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Alexander Evers is an expert on the
culture of ancient Rome.

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Cannae was a huge psychological blow
to the Roman mind,

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and clearly the relationship with
the gods must have been,

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at the time, must have
been disturbed,

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and so the Romans looked for
a scapegoat.

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It was absolutely horrific.

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Gruesome as it may seem to us,
burying someone alive,

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it does work for the Romans.

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It unites everyone.

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It unites them all back together
again behind the common cause,

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which is the war against Hannibal.
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The Romans were rediscovering their
unrelenting drive.

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In the intervening years after the
defeat at Cannae,

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the war with Carthage spread across
the ancient world,

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an intercontinental game of
cat and mouse,

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with bitter fighting on land
and sea.

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While Rome fought a desperate
guerrilla war in Italy,

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preventing Hannibal attacking
the city itself,

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they Roman generals made a
plan to destabilise

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the wider Carthaginian Empire.

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In 210 BC, they launched a
counterattack

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in Carthage's main power
base, Spain.

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For Scipio, this was an opportunity
to rise through the ranks.
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A singular man brave enough to take
on a job

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most considered a death sentence...

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..To lead Rome's forces here
in Spain.

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Scipio was just 25 when he took
command of the Roman armies

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in Spain, and almost immediately he
turned the war in Rome's favour

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by capturing Carthaginian
forces and cities.

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But he did so with a combination of
cunning and downright cruelty

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that would come to be a hallmark
of Roman warfare.

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This is Illiturgis, Andalusia, the
site of a city attacked

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by Scipio in 206 BC.

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There are some remarkable finds here
that are transforming

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our understanding of how the Romans
clawed back control

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at the expense of the Carthaginians.

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A group of Spanish archaeologists,
led by Juan Pedro Belon,

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have just discovered fascinating new
evidence directly linking Scipio

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to an act of mass murder against the
civilian population of Illiturgis.

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And do you have evidence of
conflict here?

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Yes, of course.

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Gosh.

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Illiturgis was once
a flourishing town,

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but the inhabitants made the mistake
of taking the Carthaginian's side

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in the war.

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For Scipio, this betrayal deserved
the ultimate punishment.

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Juan Pedro's team had been
uncovering signs

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of a savage Roman attack.
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So, talk me through what you got on
the table.

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00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hobnails from the Roman boots?

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00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,840 line:90% position:50% align:middle
That's really significant, isn't it,

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00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
because the hobnailed boot is a real
emblem of the Romans.

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00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,120 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Yes, and...

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00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,040 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Yes.

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00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Amazing, and this is a very typical,
horrible, ferocious Roman weapon,

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isn't it?Yes.

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00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Yeah, because this is from a
ballista bolt isn't it?

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00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:50,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Yes, yes, yes.

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00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
I probably shouldn't ask this, but I
can see that there's a ring there.

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Is there any chance I could try
it on?Yes, try it.Gosh, thank you.

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00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:05,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
What is it made of?

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00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,480 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Oh, that's amazing.

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00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
So, this will be the first time that
this has been worn in 2200 years?

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00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Yes.

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I mean, it is just a little thing,
but it speaks volumes, doesn't it?

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00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:25,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Because it talks about the local
people here who are just suffering

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invasion from foreign armies,

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00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,840 line:90% position:50% align:middle
who are using their territory as a
battle ground.

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00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
So, the population here is
pretty much wiped out, then?Yes.

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The evidence found by Juan Pedro and
his team is compelling.

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At the exact historical moment that
Roman weapons appeared in this

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landscape, nearly all signs of life
in Illiturgis disappear

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from the archaeological record.

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It's sobering to think that Scipio,
one of Rome's greatest heroes,
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was capable of the cold-blooded
massacre of men and women

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who dared to defy Rome.

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00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:23,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Just listen to what the Roman author
Livy wrote about the battle here.

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'No one thought of taking
prisoners alive.

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No one thought of plunder.

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They slaughtered the unarmed and the
armed alike,

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the women besides the men.

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Driven on by a cruel rage, they
butchered at the infants too.'

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'They delighted in destroying all
traces of the city,

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and in blotting out the very memory
of the enemy's home.'

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It's a very powerful bit of writing,
but up until now,

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we haven't been able to verify it.

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The find here, though, tell us that
this was the site of an atrocity.

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Word of the massacre spread
incredibly fast,

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and this actually became one of the
Roman's most powerful tools, fear.

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00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,320 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The message was clear.

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You don't mess with Rome.

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You are either with them,
or against them.

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It's an early form of
state-sponsored terrorism.

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00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio's bloody victories in Spain
established him

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as Rome's greatest hope for
defeating Hannibal

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and the armies of Carthage.

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Now this ferocious battle for power
was about to reach its climax,

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in a confrontation between the
two generals,

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not in Italy or Spain,
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00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
but on the plains of north Africa.

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206 BC.

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00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
After five years of bloody fighting,

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Scipio had defeated the
Carthaginian forces in Spain,

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00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
securing land and
critical resources,

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including Spanish silver mines,
for his mother city.

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00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio returned to Rome a hero,

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00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,000 line:90% position:50% align:middle
determined to win the war
against Hannibal, who,

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00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,120 line:90% position:50% align:middle
12 years after crossing the Alps,
was still at large

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00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,320 line:90% position:50% align:middle
in southern Italy.

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00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Rome's leaders had avoided launching
another large-scale attack against

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Hannibal, terrified of repeating the
mistakes of Cannae.

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00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,960 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio, emboldened by his
victories in Spain,
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00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,800 line:90% position:50% align:middle
now proposed a radical
and daring plan.

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00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
He would draw Hannibal out of Italy
by sailing with an army

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00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,920 line:90% position:50% align:middle
to North Africa and attacking
Carthage itself.

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00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
First, Scipio had to win the
approval of the Senate.

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00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,840 line:90% position:50% align:middle
But his high-stakes strategy flew in
the face of everything the old

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00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Senator, Fabius Maximus, stood for.

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00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,800 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Your strategy of avoidance
and restraint

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00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
will never rid us of Hannibal.

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00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:24,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
I will strike him where he is most
vulnerable, in his homeland.

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00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal isn't in his homeland.

362
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,480 line:90% position:50% align:middle
He's here in Italy.

363
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
It is where the Roman army
should be also,

364
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,120 line:90% position:50% align:middle
not in Africa on some vainglorious
plundering trip.

365
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:40,800 line:90% position:50% align:middle
I've no time for this, old man.

366
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,920 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The Senate asked me to speak with
you, and we have spoken.

367
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Now is the time for Romans to be
Romans again.

368
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
It's Africa's turn to be put to
fire and sword.

369
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:08,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Finally, two years after his return
from Spain, the Senate relented.

370
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio set sail for Africa.

371
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
With Carthage itself now
under direct threat,

372
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,320 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal was forced to return to
his homeland.

373
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:22,840 line:90% position:50% align:middle
So far, Scipio's audacious plan
appeared to be working.

374
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
And in October, 202 BC, in the
plains of Zama,

375
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:34,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
about 80 miles inland from Carthage,
the two armies came face-to-face.

376
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio had got Hannibal exactly
where he wanted him.

377
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The stage was set for a critical
clash between Rome

378
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,600 line:90% position:50% align:middle
and the ancient power of Carthage.

379
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:59,640 line:73% position:50% align:middle
The battle of Zama was an enormously
personal grudge match between

380
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,120 line:75% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal and Scipio.

381
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,960 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Both of these men had history,
and they met.

382
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The allegedly met before the
Battle of Zama.

383
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:14,800 line:90% position:50% align:middle
It plays into romantic ideals of
ancient warfare.

384
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:19,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
It's like two team captains having a
handshake before a sporting match.

385
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:23,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
And even if they are doing this for
their own individual civilisations,

386
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,960 line:90% position:50% align:middle
this is an age where personal glory
counts for a huge amount.

387
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:33,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Absolutely. The warrior culture for
these two giants of the generals

388
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,160 line:90% position:50% align:middle
now to come face to face.
389
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Maybe it's because they just wanted
to look each other in the eye once,

390
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:44,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
who knows? But it is a remarkable
thing that they had a private,

391
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:49,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
solo meeting before this
final, decisive battle.

392
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:21,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Certain peace, or uncertain hope
of victory.

393
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,480 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The first...

394
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,040 line:90% position:50% align:middle
..I offer you now.

395
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The second will be in the
hands of the gods.

396
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:39,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Here are my terms.

397
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,960 line:90% position:50% align:middle
You must put yourself and your
country entirely at my mercy.

398
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:52,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
So be it.

399
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The battle that followed this
legendary meeting

400
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:03,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
would be a single day of combat to
decide if Rome had the wit and will

401
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,480 line:90% position:50% align:middle
to achieve its boldest ambitions,
402
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:11,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
to defeat the power that had taught
Rome how a great empire operated.

403
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
As Livy makes clear, the stakes
could not have been higher.

404
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
'If they were successful, they'd be
victors not only for a day,

405
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,840 line:90% position:50% align:middle
but for all time.

406
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
They would know before the next day
ended whether Rome or Carthage

407
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:33,600 line:90% position:50% align:middle
was to give laws to the nations, for
not only Africa and Italy,

408
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
the whole world would be the
prize of victory.

409
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:43,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Great as is the prize, the peril of
defeat will be as great'.

410
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
This was written 200 years
after Zama,

411
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
so we know then that the battle
loomed large

412
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
in the Roman imagination, but I am
absolutely sure that people

413
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:58,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
at the time realised how critically
important it was.
414
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
This was the culmination of 50 years
of on and off conflicts

415
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
between the greatest powers in
the Mediterranean.

416
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
This really was winner takes all.

417
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The two great armies faced
one another.

418
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,160 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal had 36,000 troops.

419
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio, 30,000.

420
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:44,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
But Scipio had one advantage, thanks
to a political masterstroke.

421
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:52,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
One of the things that Scipio learns
from Hannibal is to use troops

422
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
from other nations, to
use specialists.

423
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
You have got the Numidians with this
vastly superior cavalry force

424
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
from North Africa,
with their javelins

425
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
and their fast, agile horses, who
had been crucial

426
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:12,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
in all of Hannibal's campaigns for
16 years through Italy,

427
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
now fighting for Scipio.

428
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,320 line:90% position:50% align:middle
And the critical thing about this
battle is that it reminds us

429
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
it's not just brawn but brain that
the Romans used,

430
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,920 line:90% position:50% align:middle
because they've been wooing the
Numidians for years,

431
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:29,920 line:90% position:50% align:middle
that diplomacy is as important as
sheer military strength.

432
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,480 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Absolutely. The tables have turned,

433
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
they had been Hannibal's
secret weapon,

434
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
now they're Rome's secret weapon.

435
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,600 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Courtesy of the historian Polybius
we have an account of the speech

436
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,480 line:90% position:50% align:middle
each general gave to his troops.

437
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,920 line:90% position:50% align:middle
If you overcome your enemies, you
will gain for yourselves,

438
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:55,160 line:90% position:50% align:middle
and your country, the undisputed,
command and sovereignty
439
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
of the rest of the world.

440
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,000 line:90% position:30% align:start
CHEERING

441
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:31,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
This is the day to confirm your
reputation for invincibility.

442
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,600 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Fight bravely,

443
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
and uphold your proud reputation

444
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:49,920 line:90% position:50% align:middle
as an army, that has never
known defeat.

445
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:57,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Forwards!

446
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,160 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio's Numidian cavalry
immediately attacked

447
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:15,000 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal's smaller cavalry force,
pursuing them into the desert.

448
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
But as they charged from
the battlefield,

449
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio had temporarily lost his
one advantage.

450
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Now, the two armies clashed.

451
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The Roman infantry had the edge in
discipline and training,
452
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
but the Carthaginians fought
desperately to save their city.

453
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,040 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Now, Hannibal ordered some of his
troops to move out to the wings,

454
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
hoping to envelop the Romans, just
as he'd done at Cannae.

455
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:28,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
So far, Scipio's forces had held out
against the larger army,

456
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,920 line:90% position:50% align:middle
but suddenly they were outflanked by
the Carthaginians,

457
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
facing Hannibal's elite,
battle-hardened veterans

458
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
who he'd held back to deliver
a killer blow.

459
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio's decision over the next few
moments would decide the fate

460
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
of two great empires.

461
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
As the battle of Zama raged...

462
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,000 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Rome's infantry were
bloodied and exhausted.

463
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
But Scipio held fast.

464
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:17,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Forwards!

465
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Come on, come on!

466
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:31,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
For victory!

467
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,600 line:90% position:50% align:middle
With Rome's superior cavalry still
out of sight,

468
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio rushed reinforcements to the
centre of the battlefield...

469
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:39,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Come on, forwards!

470
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,960 line:90% position:50% align:middle
In your formations, now!

471
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:48,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
..where Hannibal's elite veterans
threatened to punch through

472
00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
the Roman lines.

473
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Come on, come on, the
centre must hold!

474
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Push!

475
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio's forces were on the brink
of collapse.

476
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
But the tide was about to turn.

477
00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:00,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The battle had been raging
since daybreak.

478
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:05,000 line:90% position:50% align:middle
By early afternoon, the Numidian
cavalry returned to the fray,

479
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:09,760 line:90% position:50% align:middle
attacking Hannibal's forces from the
rear and encircling his troops.

480
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Just as, 14 years before at Cannae,

481
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal had encircled the
forces of Rome.

482
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio had won a stunning victory.

483
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
20,000 Carthaginian troops lay dead.

484
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:53,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal's army had been
completely destroyed.

485
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Victory for Rome!

486
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,520 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Hannibal himself escaped
the slaughter,

487
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:13,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
riding straight for Carthage, a city
he'd not seen for 36 years.

488
00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:20,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
He'd survive to see Rome humble his
once proud homeland.

489
00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:26,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio knew what this victory meant.

490
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
He'd established himself as Rome's
most successful general

491
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:34,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
and had changed the balance of power
in the Mediterranean.

492
00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:38,960 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The Carthaginians had no choice but
to beg for peace,

493
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,160 line:90% position:50% align:middle
they knew that the alternative
was annihilation.

494
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:49,160 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Carthage was made to pay a massive
indemnity, 10,000 talents,

495
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:55,600 line:90% position:50% align:middle
about 250 tonnes of silver, and hand
over all but ten of her warships.

496
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,120 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Rome's terms ensured the mighty city
of Carthage

497
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
would never be a great power again.

498
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,400 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Finally, in 146 BC, Roman forces,

499
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,600 line:90% position:50% align:middle
led by none other than
Scipio's grandson,

500
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,000 line:90% position:50% align:middle
razed Carthage to the ground.

501
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:19,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The entire population was
massacred or enslaved.

502
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The suffering must have
been hideous.
503
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:29,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Men and women were strung up,
disembowelled, raped, beheaded.

504
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Meanwhile, the Romans set about
rewriting history,

505
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:38,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
portraying the civilised
Carthaginians as rank barbarians

506
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,440 line:90% position:50% align:middle
who deserved no mercy in defeat.

507
00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:48,080 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The very same year, Rome also sacked
the Greek city of Corinth,

508
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,040 line:90% position:50% align:middle
making Greek culture their own.

509
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:56,480 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Such stomach churning ferocity and
cynical myth-making was essential.

510
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,360 line:90% position:50% align:middle
The triumphalism of a
people embarking

511
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
on a massive imperial project.

512
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
And that's what, for me, makes this
day so crucial.

513
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:11,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Scipio's victory over Hannibal marks
a tipping point in Rome's history,

514
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,800 line:90% position:50% align:middle
when an influential city state

515
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,160 line:90% position:50% align:middle
becomes an unstoppable
imperial power.

516
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:23,560 line:90% position:50% align:middle
In their defeat of Carthage, one
pitiless day on the plains of Zama,

517
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:28,200 line:90% position:50% align:middle
we also see key features of the
Roman Empire starting to emerge,

518
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
an irrepressible belief in their
right to rule.

519
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:36,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
A ruthless determination to win
at any cost,

520
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
and a complex identity lionising
honour and decency,

521
00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:46,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
as well as instigating campaigns of
violence and terror.

522
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:52,240 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Welcome to the brave new
Roman world.

523
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:55,640 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Next time:

524
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,960 line:90% position:50% align:middle
Rome's new empire is
under threat....

525
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:01,280 line:90% position:50% align:middle
..From within.

526
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:07,680 line:90% position:50% align:middle
On the day when a slave escaped, and
went on to lead a bloody rebellion,

527
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,720 line:90% position:50% align:middle
that threatened to destroy
Scipio's legacy.

528
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:17,880 line:90% position:50% align:middle
My name is Spartacus.

529
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,120 line:90% position:50% align:middle
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