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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2810000, member: 83845&quot;]I have read that too and it seems possible. Population control is another theory I&#039;ve heard.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rich families that had able bodied children could pay to sacrifice an animal in place of thier firstborn. Polybius says that Hannibal told Antiochus III later in life that his father took him to the temple of Baal as a child to sacrifice an animal and swear hatred of Rome. The subtext is clear.&nbsp; The animal was being sacrificed <u>IN PLACE OF HANNIBAL</u> and his vow was to the god himself!&nbsp; This casts Hannibals motivations in a much more sinister and tragic light to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hannibals name even means &quot;Baal is gracious&quot;... well he could have fooled me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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