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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2615546, member: 83845&quot;]Very few people are willing to give Epaminondas his due (or even know who he is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). Brilliant tactician and strategist who was the first to be able to challenge Sparta on land directly. So a big +1 to your comment. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think you also might be right about Hannibal pausing costing him. If he had shown up at the gates of Rome right after Cannae the pchycological effect might have been enough to cause a surrender even if he couldn&#039;t have taken the city by force.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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