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It's the year 202BCE and two of history's greatest generals

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are battling to dominate the ancient world.

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Hannibal of Carthage

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against Rome's Scipio.

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Tonight, a team of wrestlers...

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Get them to do a big swing round behind the Romans.

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..take on a team of board game enthusiasts.

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We have them. We have them.

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You are getting surrounded!

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They are going to fight each other in a virtual rerun of the historic

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battle of Zama.

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Rome takes on Carthage in an epic do or die struggle.

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Can history be rewritten?

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The fate of two great civilisations hangs in the balance.

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Which one will emerge as the ruler of the Mediterranean world?

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This is Time Commanders.

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Hello and welcome to Time Commanders,

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the show that brings military history to life,

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resurrects the mightiest generals of all time

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and reruns the greatest battles ever fought.

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We've brought together a team of experts,

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familiar with every ancient weapon known to man

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and a military historian who brings years of experience -

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advising governments and armies on strategy.

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And at the heart of it all is the engine that brings our

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ancient battles to life.

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Based on detailed historical research

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and factoring in everything from terrain to fitness and morale.

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Tonight, from London, we have three historical board game enthusiasts,

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-James, Dan and Peter, welcome.

-Thank you.

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So, you guys think you know about military history?

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-Wouldn't want to presume anything.

-I'd like to think we would.

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I'm a history teacher, so if I don't know about the history,

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I'm in trouble with my students when this airs.

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And, from Glasgow, we have three guys who are no strangers to battle,

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because all three of them are wrestlers.

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Ali, Ross, Gary, welcome to the show.

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Wrestlers! So, no-one is going to want to face you in a fight.

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-Don't fancy their chances, no.

-Wouldnae be a good idea.

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If it does go wrong, will you be tempted to chuck

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-someone on the floor?

-That's always an option.

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Do you seriously want to do battle with wrestlers?

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Not physically!

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Teams, tonight, you will be fighting the battle of Zama.

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After decades of fighting,

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this is the battle that will decide who rules the Mediterranean world

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for centuries to come.

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Rome takes on Carthage in one of THE most significant battles

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of the classical period.

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We've tossed a coin to decide which team

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will embody the fighting spirit of which army.

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Ali, Ross, Gary, you three will be Carthage.

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A power on the rise,

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a mercantile civilisation that has military aspirations.

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That means James, Dan and Peter, you will be Rome.

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You are used to being the alpha dog in the pack,

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with no time for uppity pups.

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You're Carthage and that means your general is a tactical genius.

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Known to some as the father of strategy, Hannibal.

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Having promised his father he'd spend his life fighting Rome,

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by the battle of Zama,

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Hannibal has created havoc all around the western Mediterranean.

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Who has the strategic skills to step into this great general's sandals?

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-That would be me.

-You?

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-Yeah.

-Are you the best wrestler of the three?

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-The most experienced.

-The most experienced, yeah.

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Right, OK. Is that how you have made this decision?

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-It was kind of a team effort.

-A group decision.

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Yeah, it was a group decision. We all spoke about it.

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All right. If you are our Hannibal,

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that means you're Hannibal's captains.

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OK. Have you got it in you?

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-Yeah.

-Looking forward to it.

-I tell you what,

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there's a steely look in your eyes.

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OK, Romans, that means that you are Hannibal's nemesis,

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a general who stands proudly

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in the pantheon of Rome's greatest ever generals - Scipio.

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Scipio is famed as a gifted general and tactician, and this battle is

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personal for him, too.

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His father died in battle against Carthage a decade before Zama.

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Who can take on the role of protecting Rome?

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For the glory of my ancestors.

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-You?

-Yes.

-Does he look like a leader to you?

-He sounds like one.

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He sounds like one certainly and he assumes he is one, so...

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But, before anyone draws first blood,

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we'll meet our two resident experts,

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Doctor Lynette Nusbacher and Mike Loades.

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Greg, the Roman general Scipio has been fighting the Carthaginians all

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over Europe and he is now ready to take the fight across

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the Mediterranean to North Africa,

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to fight the Carthaginians in their homeland

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and destroy them as a threat to Rome.

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Carthage has recalled Hannibal.

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Hannibal is a hero in Carthage and he is the nemesis of Scipio.

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He fought Scipio's father, he fought Scipio in Spain.

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These two men have a shared destiny.

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Now Hannibal has been brought back for a final stand-off

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and a defeat at home, he will be finished.

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With the city of Carthage itself under threat,

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Hannibal has no choice but to hurry home from Italy.

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We've got, then, Scipio coming from Rome to Sicily,

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Sicily to Carthage itself and, guys, help me out here,

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we expect the battle to be roughly there.

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Near modern-day Tunis.

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Yeah, OK. Fair enough.

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Got it?

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Great. Now, before we send you headlong into battle,

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each team gets to fight a skirmish,

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a smaller engagement of the sort that might have taken place ahead

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of the main battle. To help you with your skirmish,

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we will visit our field team, who will show you some

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of the weapons of the time and how they were used.

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The outcome of this will not affect the battle,

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but the skills our teams learn here should help.

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Slings and javelins were the weapons of skirmishes,

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light troops that engaged at the start of a battle.

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The velites were young men, keen to win fame and glory.

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They wore wolf skins to mark themselves out,

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they were Rome's wolf cubs.

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They carried a handful of javelins to hurl at the enemy.

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You can't ignore this, you have to defend against it,

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so if you're throwing at their face,

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they've got to bring the shield up. When you bring the shield up,

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one of my mates is going to throw low.

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So, it's doing what all skirmishes do - it's keeping the enemy

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pinned down, preventing them from forming up correctly.

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Meanwhile, we're coming on apace.

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It's a good idea not to throw away your last javelin,

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-you may need it in the battle.

-Indeed. Hand-to-hand.

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That's why the velites carried this shield.

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Surprisingly effective.

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And on Hannibal's side, the skirmishers were slingers.

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The best slingers came from the Balearic islands - Majorca, Minorca,

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Ibiza, etc, and they were famous throughout the ancient world

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for their prowess with a sling.

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As weapons go, it's about as simple as it gets,

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it is just a piece of rope.

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It is, but it extends the leave of my arm,

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making my throw much more powerful and the most important thing

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is the ammo, and the ammo was as big as this.

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Would you like one of these in your face?

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Not a great deal. That would hit you with some power, wouldn't it?

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What about if you're attacked by enemy skirmishes?

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Well, then they retreat, they're not designed for close combat,

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they are strictly noncontact troops.

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Your slingers will be really vital for you, Carthage,

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but be careful not to squander them in close fighting.

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Carthage, Mike's here to explain how your skirmish is going to work.

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So, you are going to have to defend a little village.

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You've got four units of Balearic slingers.

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Just two cavalryman,

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who can scout about and have a look, and you have some heavy infantry.

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These are guys with a shield and a big, curved sword called a falcata.

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It's a really good, crunching,

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heavy, get in there and mix it up kind of weapon.

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They're pretty tough guys.

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Romans are coming towards this village.

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It is going to be a surprise to find you there, but, if they do find you,

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they've got superior forces.

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You need to be a wee bit canny.

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You can use the streets and hide and get around,

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so stealth would be something to think about.

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-Try and stay alive.

-That's all you have to do.

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You have to stay alive, is really the thing.

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And kill as many of them as you can.

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You can see the buildings here, can't you?

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It's obvious, all right?

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Here is, of course, where you are.

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Right? That is you.

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Over here are your enemy.

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Those Romans!

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All right. They are going to be heading towards you.

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You've got to protect that town.

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Hannibal, you're the general, so you need to set the strategy here.

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OK? You'll be positioned here to do that.

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'To ease Gary in as Hannibal, he'll only have one captain at a time to

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'command, so Ross and Ali will take it in turns

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'to control their troops.'

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Captains, you'll be down in the field with the operators.

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The operators will turn your commands into actions,

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but there will be a lot going on, so good luck.

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Right, good. Let's bash the Romans.

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Take positions. 'First up, Captain Ross.'

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-Ross?

-Yeah.

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They don't know we're here, so when they're coming down the middle,

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I want to position our troops

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at either side of this village of the houses.

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-On the outside, even some on the waterfront here.

-Yeah.

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Do you know what I'm talking about? When they come in,

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down the middle, we can then come around and flank them

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and create a really, really tight container.

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And then we savagely maul them.

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'So, to savagely maul the Romans,

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'General Gary is going to send his Carthagian troops

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'to hide among the buildings, hoping to ambush the enemy

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'once they're in the centre of the town. Of course,

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'that relies on the Romans walking straight down the main street.'

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They're coming.

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I can see them coming. Can you?

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Ross, can we get those troops moved?

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As they come into this village, the slingers are going to attack.

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-MIKE:

-Gary is making a very sensible plan.

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He's straight there with decision making.

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Don't give them any form of escape.

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-At all.

-If it works, he's got it.

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What happens if the Romans don't do what you think they're going to do

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and walk straight down the middle of the high street?

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-Look about a plan B.

-Plan B?

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-Right.

-What if you hide behind that building there and go diagonally and

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attack them that way. Do you know what I mean?

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-Is this an ancient game of hide and seek?

-Pretty much.

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Ali is a real presence down there.

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He's getting involved with his general.

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That will be great, as long as Gary is prepared to exercise

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his command and control over what actually happens.

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-GARY:

-Is this just my scout up here, Ross?

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That's just a scout? Right.

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-LYNETTE:

-Ah, that is clever. Look at that.

-Scouts up on the hill.

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That's good. They're away from the village.

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They're not saying there's any presence in the village.

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-GARY:

-So, when they come in, we can attack.

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You realise the Romans aren't going to wait for you to reposition,

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-don't you?

-No, no.

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Right captains, swap over.

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'Next up, Captain Ali.'

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The only thing I would maybe say is these slingers here on the left

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near the coast, right next to the water,

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they look as if they could be easily seen as they are approaching.

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I mean, I would see that.

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They're already slinging.

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-We're already slinging.

-They're already slinging.

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-They're already doing it.

-They are slinging.

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They announced their presence too early.

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They gave the game away.

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They ran out of patience.

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It's safe to say the Romans now know you are there.

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-Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're not going to walk straight into this.

-No.

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Let them think that that's who they're only fighting, right now.

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They don't know about these ones on the right.

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The slingers on the shoreline have blown their cover,

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but Gary still hopes he can use the rest of the troops he has hidden

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around town to spring his trap.

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Can I have the infantry, Ali?

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Ali, see the infantry at five o'clock position?

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Get them to do a big swing around behind the Romans.

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We need to bring the slingers around.

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-Back here?

-Yes. Infantry.

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'Things are heating up.

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'We've got battles on both sides of the main street now

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'and the team is being forced to react quickly.'

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-OK, we have two little battles going on here.

-Yeah, yeah.

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You have slingers on the left, what is that on the right?

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Slingers on the right as well.

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Bring this infantry around.

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That's it.

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Despite giving their position away earlier than planned,

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those slingers on the left-hand waterfront are proving exactly

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why they were a feared force all around the Mediterranean.

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ALARM BLARES

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Captains, swap!

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On the left-hand side there, you have routed the Romans.

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-You've now got slingers with nothing to do.

-That's it.

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Yeah, bring them around and flank the ones

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that are chasing my infantry.

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Right? It will surprise them.

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Gary's quick to reinforce his infantry,

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who are taking a pounding from the Romans in the square.

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-That's it right there. Yeah, that's good.

-Smart decision.

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-LYNETTE:

-Look at that flexibility.

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Yes. What the slingers have got, they have got mobility,

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-they can whip around that other side very quickly.

-That's right.

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Much more mobile than the Romans.

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Ross, can you see the big screen?

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-Yeah.

-That's what I want attacked.

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They're getting attacked from both sides here.

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There is a serious fight going on there and it looks like

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the Romans are about to run away.

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You've now got another fight going on further up the hill.

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-Yeah, definitely.

-Fine.

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Bring the slingers in as much as you can.

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The ones that were just moving.

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Bring them in. Let's compress them.

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OK, OK, the Romans are routing, the Romans are routing

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-all over the field.

-Rome is on the run.

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That doesn't often happen.

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They have taken some heavy losses,

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but Hannibal and his Carthaginians have won the battle in the town.

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But his men in the field to the north are in serious trouble.

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Your troops are getting annihilated.

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We need to get over there.

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They're trying to bring their forces together, guys.

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They're trying to regroup. I want to split the troops around either side

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of the set of houses, so I want one coming from the left

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and one coming in from the right.

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This might be Gary's final roll of the dice.

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Can his men encircle the remaining Romans

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before they have a chance to rally?

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Just got to fight it out, guys, now.

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Bring the scout back.

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You might do this. You might do this!

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-Keep fighting, guys.

-You might actually do this!

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Come on!

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BATTLE CRIES

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Your scout's having a go as well.

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GREG CHEERS

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You've done it. The Romans are routing.

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Very well done. It's not the most skilful battle I've ever seen,

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-but it might be the bravest.

-Good job, guys.

-Nice one.

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What a performance from our wrestlers.

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They took on and beat a larger force of Romans.

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A good result for them to take into the main battle later.

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What I thought was really interesting

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was the way you guys grew as a team in only a very few minutes.

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At the beginning, Ali, you were right here beside Gary,

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your general.

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You were almost competing with him for who was going to run the show.

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I didn't actually mean that. If that's the way it came across,

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-sorry.

-Once you've figured out a role for yourself,

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you did it brilliantly. Absolutely brilliantly.

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The thing that irritated me the most was starting

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to sling a little bit early.

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You announced where you were earlier than you needed to.

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I was wanting them to come in more and then, all of a sudden,

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we started firing, which, you know, is a bit of let down.

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I sent them out and I might have messed that one up.

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So, it's interesting, because what I'm getting from you is, it was

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nobody's decision to start shooting and, as a result,

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they had a fighting chance, and because the Romans are the Romans,

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they took their fighting chance.

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However, you took on the might of Rome and give them

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-a good wrestling-kicking.

-Yeah.

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More from our field team now.

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This one involves weapons and techniques that will feature

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in the Roman skirmish, so don't blink.

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Every legionary soldier was armed with a gladius,

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the famed Roman short sword.

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Combat training was a daily practice.

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You see how they're moving around it.

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They're developing their footwork.

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They're using the shield as an offensive weapon

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and that was key to the Roman legionary fighting system.

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Legionaries used both the shield and the gladius -

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the twin pistons of the Roman war machine.

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The Roman army was famous for its discipline formation.

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Shield walls crunching across Europe and north Africa.

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You didn't want some young have-a-go jumping out of line,

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breaking it all up, just for a bit of individual glory.

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Hold the line. Discipline was everything.

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-THEY CHANT:

-One, two. One, two. One, two.

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In order to hold formation, the Roman legionary only used short

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thrusts. Wilder blows would risk breaking the line.

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A short trust was enough to take a man out of action.

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They were also pushed back with powerful shield strikes.

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This is the Roman war machine in action.

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A relentless meat grinder.

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No matter how disciplined, all formations break up eventually.

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It was then that the gladius could be used more freely,

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adapted to the demands of individual combat.

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Even against a spear, which has got, obviously,

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advantage over me in terms of reach, I'm going to get out the way.

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But, if I can close his line, then it's not a bad little tool.

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To hold a gladius, to feel its weight and balance,

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is to realise that this is an all-purpose slash,

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thrust and punch weapon.

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As versatile in a tight spot

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as it was as the teeth of the Roman front line.

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So, here we are on the Roman side of the battlefield.

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Mike, from gladius we get gladiator, don't we?

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We do. "Gladiator," simply means "swordsman."

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Here's Lynette with the details of your skirmish.

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Gentleman, you're coming into an enemy-held village in North Africa.

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It's held by a reasonably chunky force of Carthaginians and you're

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bringing into it a reasonably chunky force of Roman infantry.

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The force you're taking into that town is going to be part triarii.

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That is the grizzled old veterans of the Roman army,

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the hard men at the back.

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And, in front of them, you're going in with the principes.

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That is the main line of Roman infantry.

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The slightly younger guys,

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the slightly hungrier guys and the guys who are a little bit quicker on

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their feet. You haven't got cavalry support.

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You haven't got your light forces to go and skirmish in front of you.

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It's already been stripped away from you.

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You need to go into this town and make it your own.

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So, this is just a full-on infantry against infantry, big, meaty fight?

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Well, this is a full-on infantry against somebody

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-in that town meaty fight.

-Fine.

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Time Commanders, to your positions, please.

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Let's do battle. Come on!

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'Taking on the captain's role first is Peter.'

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Moving both units forward. Keep the triarii just slightly behind.

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Engage them and watch the flanks.

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James is going straight for it with a full frontal assault,

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although he is worried the town's defenders might try

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and attack him from the sides.

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Shall we run into them or do you think the stamina?

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-Wait for their charge.

-OK, then.

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They're getting into a committee now.

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It's like, "I can't make the decision, what do you think?"

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So, that's always a little bit dangerous

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in this sort of operation, because once things start happening,

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there's no time for that sort of chat.

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Peter, you're being given quite a bit of responsibility here.

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-How do you feel about that?

-Fairly well about it.

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I'm just concerned about the flanks coming in,

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but if I can just get them to march in a straight line towards the enemy

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and hit them with swords, that'll probably work.

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Get the principes running forward, please. Triarii behind.

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OK. Principes start running.

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Do we want the triarii running?

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Erm, n...

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-Yes.

-Too much thinking time there.

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'James and his team are steaming in,

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'but they've not got the full picture.'

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The Carthaginian are set up here with a big killing box

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and the force of infantry ready to tempt the Romans in.

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The Carthaginians are now moving back further into the town.

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They're going to try to suck the Romans deeper into that town

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and tear them to pieces.

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-You're going to engage them?

-Absolutely.

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Halt when in javelin range, give me a volley and then close.

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Finally, the Romans launch their attack.

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They've taken the bait,

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given the Carthaginians the chance to attack the Roman rear,

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slamming their trap shut.

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You're getting surrounded! You are getting surrounded!

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Look, right, hang on! These guys in there.

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Principes have pulled out and engaging on the right flank,

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if you please.

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-Thank you.

-You're getting mullered in the middle there.

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You are getting mullered in the middle!

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Change captains. Change captains!

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'Next up, Daniel.'

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They're changing captains.

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I think they'd do better to change generals.

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-Is this going how you planned?

-This is exactly how it works.

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You planned on being surrounded?

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Absolutely. We've got them right where we want them.

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THEY LAUGH

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Principes in the town. Three units.

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How are we looking? All of them engaged?

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We're getting surrounded pretty badly, actually.

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-Surrounded badly?!

-And encircled. OK.

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And it's not just in the main square that the Romans are in trouble -

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James has left his triarii outside the town

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and they're under attack, too.

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You've got two fights going on here.

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I'm not sure you're winning the fight outside the town.

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-What's my priorities, cos...?

-Both!

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Two units of principes engage in that combat.

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Take one out, tell it to engage in cavalry, please.

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Bit late, bit late. Bit late to engage.

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Oh! I think it's engaged you, mate!

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-That's going to hurt.

-It's engaged you.

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The triarii have held their ground, which triarii do.

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The old Roman expression, "The last hope is in the triarii."

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If they're told to hold, they'll hold.

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-That's right.

-Your troops are doing quite well outside the town.

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Absolutely. They're triarii. They know what they're doing.

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-Now, those Carthaginian units are about to rout.

-I'm aware.

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Thank you. Thank you very much. You're incredibly helpful, sir,

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and I'm incredibly appreciative of it.

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Is this what you expected?

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What, James yelling at me? Yeah, that's about right, yeah.

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And all three units of triarii, let's march together.

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Bring the three at the back of the middle there?

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-Throw them into the centre.

-Your best troops are coming into the

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-town.

-Everything in, now.

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The triarii have survived the Carthaginians' cavalry attacks.

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Now, James is committing everything he has to the fight in the town.

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The Romans will finally have all of their combat power together,

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-which they should had all along.

-Yes.

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-This is the pivotal moment for you, isn't it?

-Absolutely.

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Change captains! Swap over.

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Swap them over. Thank you very much.

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If you don't finish the Carthaginians in front of you,

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-they're going to finish you from behind, aren't they?

-Absolutely,

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-yes.

-There's an elephant!

-An Elephant?!

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-Oh, my God!

-Nobody told me about elephants!

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There's an elephant!

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That elephant has just built a motorway through your unit.

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That it has, but it's only one elephant.

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Only one elephant, they cry, but look what it's doing.

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It's coming back!

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Look out! Jumbo!

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Can we do anything about the elephant?

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-We can't.

-Right, now you've got more Carthaginian units.

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What do you want me to do with these?

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OK, the unit in the middle, if it can be turned around...

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It's too late. They've just been charged.

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And the right are getting charged as well.

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The triarii have routed.

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The triarii have routed. You are now surrounded.

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Triarii have gone, so where's the hope now?

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Oh, cavalry now!

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Ah, well, you know, I didn't see that coming.

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In retrospect, maybe I should've remembered the cavalry,

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but let's take the positives from this.

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Is that another Roman unit routing?

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-Yeah, it is.

-What can I do?

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Give me orders, give me instructions.

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-Peter, how are you feeling?

-Erm...defeated.

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Everybody's gone!

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And so it ends with a whimper.

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-Oh, dear.

-Hm.

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Oh, dear.

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Oh, well.

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It's all a bit quiet, isn't it?

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'Not the result the Romans were after.

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'They fell into the Carthaginian trap and just could not deal with

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'that elephant. That has got to worry them

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'as they approach the main battle.'

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Ooh!

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Three generations of Scipios are looking down at the people

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who wrote off a Roman legion, and they're not impressed.

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-Harsh.

-When Peter asked you, "What shall I do?"

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you said, "How are you feeling?"

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-Yes, I did.

-Wonderful compassion, but not terribly military.

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Well, morale is important.

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Well, it is. So you're assuming that you're going to live to fight

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another day? You're assuming that that wasn't annihilation?

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Exactly, sir.

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-The elephant rather surprised you.

-Yeah.

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Well, how would you recommend one deals with an elephant?

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You stick spears into them.

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And it then runs rampaging and angry into its own men,

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so it is something you can turn against the other side.

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We are at Zama, be aware of the elephant in the room.

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Did Scipio let you down a little bit there?

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I think we could probably have made a unit from the back up to the

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front, but hindsight is 20-20, so...

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Yeah, but it's kind of your job though, wasn't it, to report that?

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It was. So, I learned that as well.

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I was innocent in all of this.

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I made the error there and these guys did an excellent job.

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Well, that's a very honourable admission.

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You all worked very hard and it still could've gone either way.

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Teams, you've now seen each other in action.

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I wonder, does this now make the Carthaginians favourites, or...?

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Well, they have got Hannibal on their side.

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Oh, yes. Powerful card.

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Anything you particularly admire, or...?

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The fact that they were able to win.

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That was quite impressive.

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Are you sure, both teams,

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that you've got the command structure right?

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Yeah, definitely.

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I think learning from the skirmish,

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things like communication and stuff and commands, you know,

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-I think we've got our own wee system now.

-Do you have the right Scipio?

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I think we might, but he might need to work on his communication

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-and some of his tactics.

-Absolutely.

-Your general,

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you'd think he needs work on his communication and his tactics,

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-so what is it that he's got? A nice shirt?

-Certainly.

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He's got a loud voice as well, which helps in general-ships.

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We can fill in the communication problem.

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We can assist with the tactics by just sharing ideas.

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Would you mind stepping down if one of them took over?

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I'd rather like another crack to redeem myself.

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Right, OK. So you're going to stay with the Scipio you've got?

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He'll never let us hear the end of it otherwise.

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Fair dues, fair dues.

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Let's go to our field team one more time

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to have a look at a staple of Roman warfare.

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This is the pilum - the specialised spear of the Roman legionary.

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They carried two - one for medium-to-short range

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and a heavier one for very short range.

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It's actually quite awkward to throw.

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I mean, compared to a sports javelin, it doesn't go very far.

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No, it's not a range weapon, it's a shock weapon.

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And, of course, it could be used as a pike.

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There were many instances ambushed by cavalry,

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a small detachment of legionaries suddenly make a tight formation.

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Out goes the pilum.

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It must've looked like an angry, spiky hedgehog.

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But, I mean, principally, it's a throwing weapon,

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either to break an enemy's charge, or, for us,

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just before the legionaries close.

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This shield represents a barbarian hoard.

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-Right.

-Andrew, would you do the honours?

-Really?

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-Always a pleasure.

-Thank you. You might want to back off.

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Argh!

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Wow. You can see here that it's broken on impact

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and it was designed that way so it couldn't be reused by your enemy.

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And another thing, it's gone straight through the shield,

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so the shield's now completely useless.

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It's jammed into the ground.

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The guy behind here's going to have to drop it, if he's still alive.

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He's used the enemy's momentum against it, because the harder they

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run at us, the harder that that pilum's going to strike.

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The most important thing for a Roman army was to maintain formation.

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The pilum was an essential weapon to prevent the tide of an enemy army

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from breaking its walls.

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Now, the time for training is over.

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Soon, our teams will take to the battlefield,

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going head-to-head against each other in the battle of Zama itself.

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So, before we get to the fight, Mike and Lynette,

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can you set the scene for us, please?

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What do we know about the battlefield?

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Well, as you can see, it's on a flat desert plain.

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There's no real topographical features to worry about.

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A few stands of scrubby trees, but nothing there.

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Perfect battlefield.

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Perfect battlefield for cavalry.

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Cavalry can move very fast on a plain.

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They can get round your flanks, get behind you. The Numidian cavalry,

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who are the elite cavalry at this time,

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who have been fighting with Hannibal throughout his Italian campaign,

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they have defected, largely, over to Scipio.

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Scipio has made Masinissa king of Numida and, in exchange,

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Masinissa has brought his wonderful cavalry in support of Scipio.

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Hannibal has a few remnants,

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but the cavalry advantage lies with the Romans.

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The Carthaginians, as a pan-Mediterranean empire,

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draw skills in from all over the known world,

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so they've got people who are very good at fighting on a broad,

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open space - just like those cavalry.

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That's going to make this a real contest.

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And the Carthaginians have also got Gauls from France,

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they've got Celto-Iberians from Spain,

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but it means that they've got solid infantry, just like the Romans.

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And when you're talking about Roman infantry,

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you've got to keep in mind that the Romans had a very special way of

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deploying them. So, let me have somebody young and good-looking.

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You come along with me.

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And you can join with Peter.

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And you two are here, and you are the hastati.

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You are the youngest of the Romans,

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full of verve and eagerness, but not very experienced.

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OK, you are in the front line,

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armed with a shield, and a sword, and a pilum.

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You are the principes, OK?

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So, you are senior to them.

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You are more experienced, more virile, you are tougher.

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You are armed in the same way, and you are principes prior,

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and I'm afraid you are the posterior.

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You - tough, grizzled, hard boys - the triarii.

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The last hope is with the triarii, so you are armed with a long hasta,

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a long spear. You can stand and take anything.

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Everything relies on you, if it gets tough.

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Now, what you can notice is we can move between them.

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So, you can move to the front, and you two can move back,

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and you get a breather. So, you get all this interchange.

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You can move over to the side, you can move here,

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so you have this ability.

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That's called a maniple.

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Every handful of men can move around in blocks.

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Very important that you hold formation as Romans.

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So, we've got a flat, featureless plain

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just outside the city of Carthage.

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Rome's Scipio wants to use his legendary infantry

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formations and his cavalry superiority to take the city.

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On the opposite side of the field, standing in the way,

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is Hannibal with his multinational force of infantry,

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slingers and war elephants.

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Now, you need to get to know the troops at your disposal.

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Have a good look at what forces you have

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and how they are arranged, please.

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-What have we got?

-Right, so, we've got two Numidian cavalry.

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-We've got the four elephants.

-Do you think we could use some of these

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-trees as an advantage?

-I think we can definitely rush them.

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-LYNETTE:

-There were two competing aggressive powers

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in the Mediterranean basin -

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Rome and Carthage,

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but only one was going to go on to formidable greatness.

0:33:450:33:49

-Horse archers or heavy cav?

-Horse skirmishes.

0:33:490:33:53

The Mediterranean basin was the Roman world.

0:33:530:33:56

Africa starts at the Sahara.

0:33:560:33:59

Above the Sahara is part of the European world.

0:33:590:34:03

The Mediterranean is a uniter of that world,

0:34:030:34:07

and it was bustling with trade.

0:34:070:34:09

And that economic prosperity is what they were all playing for.

0:34:090:34:12

Have you got a fair idea of what you've got there?

0:34:140:34:16

Yeah, we have elephants, we have cavalry, infantry,

0:34:160:34:21

we have slingers and we have scouts.

0:34:210:34:24

Hannibal fought the Romans for 16 long years,

0:34:240:34:27

and he had a lot of success.

0:34:270:34:30

He brought elephants over the Alps to attack the Romans in Italy,

0:34:300:34:35

and that really scared the Romans.

0:34:350:34:39

Do you know what it is you've got, Scipio?

0:34:390:34:41

Three lines of infantry - hastati, then principes, then triarii.

0:34:410:34:44

-All in the middle?

-All in the middle.

-Numidian cavalry?

0:34:440:34:47

Absolutely. They're the game-winner.

0:34:470:34:50

Scipio's father was one of the generals in charge

0:34:500:34:53

of stopping Hannibal as soon as he came over the Alps.

0:34:530:34:57

He then saw defeat at battles like the Trebia and Cannae.

0:34:570:35:01

Scipio, as a youngster, saw these defeats.

0:35:010:35:04

This was a personal grudge match that had gone on for 16 years.

0:35:040:35:08

Now, Scipio was determined to take it to the homeland.

0:35:080:35:12

It was do or die.

0:35:120:35:14

So, the Romans, led by James, have six units each of hastati,

0:35:160:35:20

principes and triarii, and twice as many cavalry units as Carthage,

0:35:200:35:25

led by Gary.

0:35:250:35:27

But they have four units each of war elephants and cavalry,

0:35:270:35:31

and a strong force of mixed infantry, including slingers.

0:35:310:35:36

-GARY:

-Cool, thank you.

0:35:360:35:38

Right, teams, you have now got a chance to recce the enemy's

0:35:380:35:41

position, OK? Off you go scouting, but, remember,

0:35:410:35:44

if you do come into contact, you may well be fired on.

0:35:440:35:47

They've got four units of elephants at the front.

0:35:480:35:51

Slingers.

0:35:520:35:54

-Have a sneak peek?

-My guy's here just now.

0:35:550:35:58

-Seen many slingers?

-Slingers...

0:35:580:36:00

I see slingers on the flanks.

0:36:000:36:01

At the front, they've got two units of them.

0:36:010:36:05

I haven't yet heard these captains report back to their general

0:36:050:36:09

about what they can see. They're chatting to their operators about

0:36:090:36:13

what they're seeing, but no-one's reported back.

0:36:130:36:15

He can't be forming a plan.

0:36:150:36:17

-And Gary's not demanding anything from them yet, is he?

-No.

0:36:180:36:23

Oh, their scout's just gone straight past us.

0:36:230:36:24

-Excellent, I can see him.

-'Now that both sides have seen

0:36:240:36:27

'what they have to fight with, and what they're up against,

0:36:270:36:30

'can hometown boy Hannibal stop Scipio

0:36:300:36:33

'reaching the city of Carthage?

0:36:330:36:35

'Or can Scipio come back from that disastrous skirmish

0:36:350:36:38

'and lead his Romans to victory?'

0:36:380:36:41

Right, stop! Stop!

0:36:430:36:45

So, teams, this is it.

0:36:480:36:50

And Hannibal, Scipio, my generals, it's getting real now.

0:36:500:36:54

You need to command not one, but two captains at once now.

0:36:540:36:59

But, if it all gets too much, each of you can call a time-out,

0:36:590:37:04

all right?

0:37:040:37:05

That's a chance for the generals to get their captains and the experts

0:37:050:37:09

around the table to discuss the battle's progress.

0:37:090:37:13

But when it's gone, it's gone, so use that time-out well.

0:37:130:37:18

So, it's finally time for the main event.

0:37:190:37:22

It's the year 202BCE all over again.

0:37:220:37:26

Rome and Carthage are competing for dominance in the Mediterranean

0:37:260:37:30

world, and they've been tussling for years.

0:37:300:37:33

It's time to settle the dispute with a right good barney.

0:37:330:37:37

Let the battle commence.

0:37:370:37:40

Go! Let's fight!

0:37:400:37:42

-Two sets of spears.

-Yeah.

-Hannibal, talk to me.

0:37:440:37:49

-What's your plan?

-The plan, all it is,

0:37:510:37:53

is to try and maybe let them come at us a little bit.

0:37:530:37:56

-OK.

-Because they seemed, from the skirmish, that they like to do it.

0:37:560:38:00

I quite like these trees over here.

0:38:000:38:01

-I know it's flat.

-You love your ambush, don't you, mate?

0:38:010:38:04

-You're a real sneaky fighter.

-I might try...

0:38:040:38:06

-Try and envelop them again?

-Yeah.

0:38:060:38:09

'Leading the Carthaginian forces as Hannibal is Gary.

0:38:090:38:12

'He's going to try and pull the same trick as in his successful skirmish

0:38:120:38:17

'by hiding his cavalry in the trees and waiting to ambush the Romans.'

0:38:170:38:21

-They're untying themselves.

-What are you doing?

0:38:210:38:23

-Waiting for them.

-Really?

0:38:230:38:25

You're waiting for them?

0:38:250:38:27

'Leading the Roman forces as Scipio,

0:38:270:38:29

'James has decided to go on the defensive,

0:38:290:38:32

'waiting for an attack from Carthage,

0:38:320:38:34

'one that might not be coming any time soon.'

0:38:340:38:37

The Romans might be forgetting that what they need to do

0:38:390:38:42

is defeat this Carthaginian army and crack on to Carthage.

0:38:420:38:47

And the Carthaginians might be forgetting

0:38:470:38:50

that they need to wipe out this threat to their home city

0:38:500:38:53

as fast as possible. They're both sitting there,

0:38:530:38:56

forgetting they are here with a job to do.

0:38:560:38:58

For the Carthaginians, Ali is in charge of the infantry forces,

0:38:580:39:02

while Ross looks after the mounted forces

0:39:020:39:05

and the all-important slingers.

0:39:050:39:07

For the Romans, Peter is in charge of all of Scipio's infantry,

0:39:080:39:12

while Daniel is commanding all of the cavalry.

0:39:120:39:16

Dan, take one unit of range cav,

0:39:160:39:17

-one unit of heavy cav from the right flank...

-Yeah.

0:39:170:39:20

..bring it over to the left, reinforce.

0:39:200:39:21

I want a superiority there. Have them ready to kill that unit.

0:39:210:39:24

You've moved all your cavalry to the left

0:39:240:39:26

-to face all their cavalry on the right.

-Yes.

-So, at some point...

0:39:260:39:29

We outnumber their cavalry.

0:39:290:39:30

-At some point, there's going to be a massive cavalry clash?

-Absolutely.

0:39:300:39:33

Both generals are rearranging their cavalry in preparation for

0:39:330:39:36

the battle, so they're facing each other out on the Roman left

0:39:360:39:41

and that's as exciting as it's going to get for now.

0:39:410:39:44

Both teams want to fight a defensive battle.

0:39:440:39:47

-Yeah.

-So they're going to stand across that desert plain

0:39:470:39:49

-looking at each other?

-Yeah. They don't know what to do,

0:39:490:39:52

so they're waiting for the other person to do something

0:39:520:39:55

so they can react.

0:39:550:39:56

They're coming down, though. If they want to attack first...

0:39:560:40:00

-James, am I bringing these guys back?

-Not yet. Daniel?

0:40:000:40:03

-Yes?

-Cavalry on the left flank, all of it.

0:40:030:40:05

Yeah, advance with the...?

0:40:060:40:08

Very slowly to the left.

0:40:080:40:10

Yes, that's more like it!

0:40:100:40:12

That's more like it.

0:40:120:40:13

That sounds like Scipio.

0:40:130:40:16

At last, the Romans are advancing!

0:40:160:40:19

And the Carthaginians are sending in the heavies, their war elephants.

0:40:200:40:24

TRUMPETING

0:40:240:40:27

Let's see the elephants?

0:40:270:40:29

Go with the elephants.

0:40:290:40:30

-The elephants are going.

-Yeah, yeah, go for it.

0:40:300:40:33

-You're just going to run at them.

-Take your elephants and run at them.

0:40:330:40:36

Elephants coming up in front of you, Daniel. Be aware.

0:40:360:40:39

Ali, you see those elephants? See those elephants?

0:40:390:40:42

Support them. Support them.

0:40:420:40:44

-The elephants are going straight at them.

-Elephants on the right.

0:40:440:40:46

We need support. We can't just have them running in.

0:40:460:40:49

-We need infantry behind them.

-Do you?

-Yes.

0:40:490:40:51

Behind the elephants? Who's controlling your infantry?

0:40:510:40:55

-Ali.

-Does he know what he's doing?

0:40:550:40:57

He's a distance away from me but I'm going to go and get them now.

0:40:570:41:00

If the Carthaginian elephants go in

0:41:000:41:02

without the support of Carthaginian foot soldiers,

0:41:020:41:06

they are going to get cut to pieces.

0:41:060:41:09

They might cause some disorder among the Roman army,

0:41:090:41:11

but elephants aren't magic, they can't defend themselves.

0:41:110:41:16

But Ali hasn't managed to get his infantry

0:41:160:41:18

moving fast enough to support the elephants.

0:41:180:41:21

They're going in on their own and Scipio's front line

0:41:210:41:24

is doing a very decent job of defending itself.

0:41:240:41:28

Those elephants are going berserk.

0:41:280:41:30

-Yes, they are, and they are dying.

-They are, you've seen them off.

0:41:300:41:33

-Absolutely.

-Oh, that's got to hurt.

0:41:330:41:35

Those elephants have just not had the impact Gary

0:41:350:41:38

and his Carthaginians would have wanted.

0:41:380:41:40

Did those elephants work?

0:41:400:41:42

-Hmm.

-I think they have done some damage, but not as much as we...

0:41:420:41:44

The infantry wasn't as quick as I wanted behind the elephants.

0:41:440:41:47

And, over on the right, their planned ambush hasn't worked either.

0:41:470:41:50

That Numidian cavalry is heading straight for them.

0:41:500:41:54

-Daniel?

-Yeah?

-Missile cavalry to slaughter their missile cavalry.

0:41:540:41:57

Melee cavalry, form into line,

0:41:570:41:59

be ready to take the enemy infantry in the flank. We have them.

0:41:590:42:03

This cavalry clash has been coming ever since the opening moves

0:42:030:42:06

of this battle and with the Romans having the advantage in numbers,

0:42:060:42:10

it could be another blow to Carthage.

0:42:100:42:12

There's only one place on this battlefield

0:42:130:42:15

where I wouldn't want to have a cavalry engagement

0:42:150:42:17

-and it's in those trees.

-Exactly.

-And you know what?

0:42:170:42:19

They're going to have a cavalry engagement in those trees.

0:42:190:42:22

Attack. Cavalry attack, come on.

0:42:220:42:25

-See these guys here.

-There's a big clash.

0:42:250:42:28

Here it comes! Here it comes.

0:42:280:42:30

Right, that's it. Come over, Ross.

0:42:300:42:32

Have them heading up...

0:42:320:42:34

Big cavalry battle!

0:42:380:42:39

YELLING

0:42:390:42:41

You've got a cavalry battle over here.

0:42:460:42:48

-I know, and we're winning it.

-And you're winning it. Here we go.

0:42:480:42:52

Daniel, are they routed except for their melee cav?

0:42:520:42:56

-Yes.

-Daniel, run back into the centre if you please.

0:42:560:42:59

-Oh!

-By Jupiter, we have them.

0:42:590:43:02

Those Numidians are deadly and the Carthaginians are feeling it.

0:43:030:43:09

-Yeah, time out.

-Time out, time out over here.

0:43:100:43:13

Time out.

0:43:130:43:14

-How do you feel?

-Like I needed a time out.

0:43:190:43:23

'Carthage need to sort themselves out.

0:43:230:43:25

'Their elephants have all been killed

0:43:250:43:27

'without inflicting any real damage

0:43:270:43:29

'and now they are in danger of losing all their cavalry

0:43:290:43:31

'to the Roman charges on their right.

0:43:310:43:33

'Hannibal's troops are in disarray.

0:43:330:43:35

'Maybe that masterful skirmish was just a flash in the pan.'

0:43:350:43:38

I think we need to regroup.

0:43:390:43:41

Pull... The guys in the middle,

0:43:410:43:44

we need to get them back into some sort of orderly group.

0:43:440:43:47

-MIKE LOADES:

-You're sort of right. You can see you're scattered.

0:43:470:43:50

You can see they're together.

0:43:500:43:51

I think it's really important for you guys

0:43:510:43:53

to concentrate your infantry because you are about to be hit

0:43:530:43:57

by a freight train of Roman infantry

0:43:570:44:00

and you've got to get your cavalry together

0:44:000:44:02

because it has got to screen you

0:44:020:44:05

from that big North African cavalry force

0:44:050:44:08

that is capable of causing havoc for you guys.

0:44:080:44:11

So you really need to stop using your cavalry to attack.

0:44:110:44:14

You haven't got that many left.

0:44:140:44:16

They're telling you to completely regroup again

0:44:160:44:18

as a unified force with cavalry on the outside of your infantry units.

0:44:180:44:23

OK? And wait for what is obviously going to hit now

0:44:230:44:26

because they now have a vast superiority.

0:44:260:44:28

'So, the new plan is attempt to regroup and protect those flanks.

0:44:280:44:32

'But having had the initiative before the time out,

0:44:320:44:35

'the question is will the Romans

0:44:350:44:37

'give them the time they need to do it?'

0:44:370:44:39

-I'll get the cavalry back.

-Let's regroup.

0:44:390:44:41

We need to get infantry back in the middle.

0:44:410:44:43

Right, captains, back in positions.

0:44:430:44:44

General, have you got a plan?

0:44:440:44:46

-Let's go.

-That's it, pull back, regroup.

0:44:460:44:50

-Well done.

-Yeah, yeah, pull back.

0:44:500:44:52

What about this one on the left-hand side here?

0:44:520:44:54

-Bringing it back as well.

-Good, good, good, that's it.

0:44:540:44:56

Bring it in. I want my cavalry on the outside.

0:44:560:44:59

-LYNETTE:

-The Carthaginians were in a mess.

0:44:590:45:01

They're struggling to reform their cohesion.

0:45:010:45:05

Now is the time for the Romans to attack.

0:45:050:45:07

But you know what they're doing instead?

0:45:070:45:09

The Romans are titivating instead of attacking.

0:45:090:45:12

Mate, why don't you go take it at them now?

0:45:140:45:16

Because then more young men of Rome will die.

0:45:160:45:19

-Then I have to write the letters to their mothers, do I not?

-Right.

0:45:200:45:24

A terrible mistake from the Romans.

0:45:240:45:26

He's got to sacrifice the lives of Roman soldiers now

0:45:260:45:29

rather than let them live and lose the battle.

0:45:290:45:34

I thought you were going to follow on your attack.

0:45:340:45:36

They're withdrawing. Let's form our infantry perfectly.

0:45:360:45:39

While Scipio has been tidying his lines,

0:45:390:45:42

Hannibal's Carthaginians have been getting

0:45:420:45:44

into a solid square formation

0:45:440:45:46

with cavalry and slingers on their flanks.

0:45:460:45:49

It's going to be hard to crack.

0:45:490:45:51

Has James missed his chance?

0:45:510:45:53

OK, form up your whole army and once it's ready and deployed we'll start

0:45:530:45:56

inching forward and we'll kill them by degrees.

0:45:560:45:58

Cavalry moving in concert with infantry, if you please.

0:45:580:46:00

Let's move this flank up with these guys.

0:46:000:46:02

I want it all on the left, we're going to smash them on the left.

0:46:020:46:05

That is where the battle will be won.

0:46:050:46:06

James is finally going for it.

0:46:060:46:08

He is sending his cavalry in for another attack on his left

0:46:080:46:12

and attempting a massive outflanking move to hit the enemy in the rear.

0:46:120:46:17

This is all about those Numidian horsemen.

0:46:170:46:20

Cavalry!

0:46:200:46:22

This is your moment.

0:46:220:46:23

-Always is!

-Continue moving forwards?

-Just 50 yards at a time.

0:46:230:46:27

-Ali, Ali, you've got two units of spearmen here near the back.

-Ooh!

0:46:270:46:31

I want them to move over to the right,

0:46:310:46:33

right now because we've got an attack coming in from the right.

0:46:330:46:38

-They're coming, they're coming.

-Yep.

0:46:380:46:41

Your right side, en masse.

0:46:410:46:43

-Look at that.

-Yeah, I see it.

-Look at that.

0:46:430:46:46

This could be very messy

0:46:470:46:49

as Scipio's superior Numidian cavalry

0:46:490:46:52

attacks the Carthaginian right flank again.

0:46:520:46:55

But, this time, those deadly Balearic slingers are in position.

0:46:550:46:59

Daniel, withdraw missile cavalry if you're taking too much fire.

0:47:000:47:03

-No, we're not, we're not, we're not, we're fine.

-Keep it up.

0:47:030:47:06

How much damage are we taking? We're taking slinger damage.

0:47:060:47:08

Oh, shit. Can we bring them back?

0:47:080:47:10

-James, we've got two of our missile cav...

-Withdraw them.

0:47:100:47:14

-Time out!

-Time out.

-OK.

0:47:170:47:19

Half of James' cavalry has been wiped out by those slingers

0:47:220:47:26

while the other half has got round the back of the Carthaginians

0:47:260:47:28

but isn't actually doing anything.

0:47:280:47:30

The battle is turning and the Romans really need to get their troops

0:47:300:47:34

and their heads together.

0:47:340:47:35

Why did you call the time out?

0:47:360:47:38

Because I think this is the crucial moment.

0:47:380:47:40

I think I may have blundered on the left flank

0:47:400:47:42

with my missile cavalry and I wanted advice on how to crack

0:47:420:47:45

a quite formidable Carthaginian fighting square.

0:47:450:47:49

Did you see the size of the sling stones of the Balearic slingers?

0:47:490:47:53

-Yes.

-Stones like that striking horses is going to cause mayhem.

0:47:530:47:57

-Absolutely.

-The horses are your strongest point.

0:47:570:48:00

What are cavalry best at?

0:48:000:48:02

-Surprise!

-And where are my cavalry right now?

0:48:020:48:05

Do you have a surprise? You sit there.

0:48:050:48:07

You've got to use your cavalry with more force and more suddenness.

0:48:070:48:10

Where were all these cavalry going?

0:48:100:48:12

They're going to come around the back.

0:48:120:48:13

Daniel makes a really good point.

0:48:130:48:16

If the Roman infantry with those formidable grim, gritty,

0:48:160:48:21

buzz-saw tactics start grinding away at the Carthaginian front,

0:48:210:48:27

-at the same time as those cavalry hit from the rear...

-Are you sure?

0:48:270:48:31

..it could be really effective at disrupting the Carthaginians.

0:48:310:48:34

That's what you've got to do.

0:48:340:48:36

We thought you were doing the right thing

0:48:360:48:37

because it looked like you were getting a pincer movement

0:48:370:48:40

with your cavalry and you were coming in at the side and the rear,

0:48:400:48:42

which is exactly right. But you just didn't coordinate in time.

0:48:420:48:46

This lot sat there and got decimated.

0:48:460:48:48

-The ferocity of those slingers surprised your cavalry.

-Absolutely.

0:48:480:48:51

'So, a coordinated attack is what James

0:48:510:48:53

'and his Romans need to concentrate on.

0:48:530:48:55

'Can they get their timing right?'

0:48:550:48:58

Right, now! Right, go, go, go. The battle's back on.

0:48:580:49:02

Come on. This is your time to cover yourself in glory.

0:49:020:49:06

Missile cavalry along to link up, if you please.

0:49:060:49:09

Here we go, here we go.

0:49:090:49:11

Those wonderful young men of Rome to charge, charge, charge.

0:49:110:49:14

-Peter...

-You can you see what's coming, can't you?

0:49:140:49:16

-You can see what's coming?

-Yeah, but look at this.

0:49:160:49:19

At last, those two infantry lines are crunching

0:49:230:49:26

into each other. This is brutal.

0:49:260:49:28

-Wow.

-Whoa.

0:49:300:49:31

-Whoa.

-They're coming in from the side, guys.

0:49:310:49:34

Now they're bringing in the units from the back.

0:49:340:49:38

The left flank is a worry for Carthage, but over on the right...

0:49:380:49:42

Ali, see these two infantry here, doing nothing?

0:49:420:49:44

Look, look, look, look! What are you going to do with these,

0:49:440:49:46

-what are you going to do?

-Yeah, bring it in, bring it in.

0:49:460:49:49

-What are you going to do with them?

-Engage in the battle.

-Go!

0:49:490:49:51

-Yes, go, engage.

-Go, go, go!

-That's it, bring it in.

0:49:510:49:54

Go! Well done, good use of the infantry.

0:49:540:49:57

Good boy, well done, good job.

0:49:570:49:59

Good lad. Good lad.

0:49:590:50:01

-Absolutely brilliant.

-Yes.

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Look at that, there are Carthaginians

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outflanking the Roman line.

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How could the Romans let themselves be outflanked like that?

0:50:080:50:11

I can tell you how - they've let all of their cavalry go

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and they've left their flanks unprotected.

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The cavalry are over there.

0:50:160:50:17

That is masterful from Ali, and it's made a real impact.

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The Carthaginians are winning on their right flank,

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but it's looking worrying on the left.

0:50:230:50:26

Right, watch these horses coming round.

0:50:260:50:28

They're coming round into this left.

0:50:280:50:30

-Ross?

-We're shadowing them.

0:50:300:50:32

-Are you shadowing them?

-Don't move too much.

0:50:320:50:35

-Here they go. Here you go.

-Can you bring...?

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-Whoa!

-Ali!

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Finally, that heavy cavalry has smacked

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into the back of the Carthaginians on the left flank,

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and that could be decisive.

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The hammer and the anvil, we have them.

0:50:480:50:50

-We have them.

-So you finally engaged, did you?

0:50:500:50:52

-Yeah.

-You finally engaged.

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Peter, your infantry on the right flank, throw it in.

0:50:540:50:57

Daniel, cavalry, melee cavalry, bring them out.

0:50:570:50:59

The Carthaginians are committing every last man,

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but that cavalry attack has destroyed their left flank,

0:51:030:51:06

so each side is now winning on its own right flank,

0:51:060:51:09

which means they're both losing on their left.

0:51:090:51:12

This is incredibly close.

0:51:120:51:14

Has your general got it together?

0:51:150:51:17

I think he's definitely got it together at this point.

0:51:170:51:20

We need to start attacking.

0:51:200:51:22

What are these units here?

0:51:220:51:24

-That's the slingers.

-Get those slingers involved in the battle.

0:51:240:51:27

-Are they in?

-Yeah, get involved.

0:51:270:51:28

They are? They are, they are, they are involved.

0:51:280:51:31

They don't like the slingers, come on.

0:51:310:51:34

The slingers are still doing a great job against the cavalry.

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Those slingers have been invaluable for Carthage,

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but they will run out of ammunition eventually.

0:51:410:51:44

Can they achieve enough before they do?

0:51:440:51:47

They're fighting divided, we have them,

0:51:480:51:50

but it's a little bit closer

0:51:500:51:51

-than I thought it would be.

-It is very close.

0:51:510:51:53

Peter, you've got it.

0:51:530:51:54

I'm not sure I do, because we've got slingers on the right.

0:51:540:51:57

This is just a number of different melees, isn't it?

0:51:570:51:59

See these slingers up here, Roscoe?

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When they run out of ammo,

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I just want you to bring them in and attack.

0:52:020:52:05

Have they still got...? Yeah, they're still firing.

0:52:050:52:08

-OK, that's better.

-The Carthaginians are routing on this side.

0:52:080:52:11

We need to get some of these guys around,

0:52:110:52:13

we need to try and get them back in involved,

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even bring them over the right here.

0:52:150:52:17

This battle is now a series of small, bitterly-fought engagements,

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and with Rome's attack starting to wear the Carthaginians down,

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Hannibal is making it personal.

0:52:240:52:26

He's taking on Scipio man-to-man.

0:52:260:52:29

Hannibal and Scipio have met in the middle of the field,

0:52:290:52:32

they're having a tear-up.

0:52:320:52:35

These two generals are one-on-one, and, I have to say,

0:52:350:52:38

if it comes down to an arm wrestle, my money's on Gary!

0:52:380:52:41

SHE LAUGHS

0:52:410:52:42

Two of the ancient world's greatest generals are in mortal peril here.

0:52:420:52:48

Hannibal's just getting a pasting.

0:52:480:52:49

Just go full attack.

0:52:490:52:51

Full attack with what?! With whom?!

0:52:510:52:54

The whole field's just littered with dead bodies.

0:52:540:52:57

The Romans are reforming.

0:52:570:52:58

-Ali, look at me.

-The Romans are reforming.

0:52:580:53:00

-They're reforming.

-This infantry, attack this, this here. Here, here.

0:53:000:53:05

Well, we're always banging on about how important it is

0:53:050:53:08

for the Romans to keep cohesion, keep formation, and, to be fair,

0:53:080:53:12

this is what they're doing all the time.

0:53:120:53:13

Every time they lose it, they do reform.

0:53:130:53:16

As you win combats on the right,

0:53:160:53:17

roll the infantry round into the left.

0:53:170:53:19

This may be the last clash of the battle.

0:53:190:53:22

And give me a reserve, do not commit everything, keep one unit back.

0:53:220:53:25

Hannibal!

0:53:250:53:27

Have you got anything left to control?

0:53:280:53:30

Pretty much just doing the old sending off, it's only Ali left.

0:53:300:53:34

Sending, kill that general, get that general.

0:53:340:53:37

-Go!

-Go on!

0:53:370:53:38

Go, get him, get him, get him.

0:53:400:53:41

Bring me back Scipio's head!

0:53:410:53:43

-Come on!

-Come on!

0:53:430:53:45

Ali, you've got the only Carthaginians left standing.

0:53:450:53:49

Aye, get him, stab him, that's it. Cut his throat.

0:53:490:53:52

This is actually quite close. This is actually quite close.

0:53:520:53:55

-Scipio's down!

-I killed their general.

0:53:550:53:58

Scipio's gone!

0:53:580:53:59

-Scipio?

-Yes?

0:54:000:54:01

-You're dead!

-I am.

0:54:030:54:05

But, in the afterlife, my men are avenging me.

0:54:050:54:07

I am woken in Elysium!

0:54:070:54:08

Well, history has been rewritten.

0:54:080:54:10

And one of Rome's greatest ever generals lies dead in the field.

0:54:100:54:14

Can Rome recover from this loss?

0:54:140:54:17

-Peter?

-Yes.

-Report on these three combats?

0:54:170:54:20

-Bottom left, we are...

-Struggling.

-Possibly struggling.

0:54:200:54:23

Top middle we have three, four units against two.

0:54:230:54:26

Top right is doing fine.

0:54:260:54:27

All of the right into the left, if you please.

0:54:270:54:30

OK, everyone, crush them.

0:54:300:54:32

The Carthaginians have fought valiantly,

0:54:330:54:36

but the relentless melee has reduced their army to a fragment,

0:54:360:54:39

and Hannibal pays the ultimate price.

0:54:390:54:42

Hannibal's dead! Scipio's dead!

0:54:440:54:47

-Rome is victorious!

-All that's left is three blokes walking a dog.

0:54:470:54:51

That's it, Rome has the field.

0:54:520:54:56

-Well done.

-Fantastic work, General.

0:54:560:54:58

Well done.

0:54:580:54:59

Well, congratulations, London Gameplayers.

0:55:020:55:05

The Romans. Commiserations, Hannibal, Wrestlers, Carthaginians.

0:55:050:55:10

Very, very close indeed.

0:55:100:55:11

You gave them a real bloody nose, I think, there.

0:55:110:55:14

What's your expert analysis of this battle?

0:55:140:55:16

When the Carthaginians realised they were losing cohesion,

0:55:160:55:20

they did what they needed to do, they got back together,

0:55:200:55:23

and they gave the Romans a real run for their money.

0:55:230:55:26

Because you thought you had it much earlier than you did, didn't you?

0:55:260:55:29

It was ours to lose. And we very nearly engineered a loss.

0:55:290:55:32

I think what proved decisive was the fantastic Roman infantry...

0:55:320:55:36

-The machine here.

-Well, I've got to say thanks to Mike,

0:55:360:55:39

that idea of the meat grinder, to just go straight at them,

0:55:390:55:42

hit them with that kind of staggered formation.

0:55:420:55:44

Did they perform well under pressure, these Romans?

0:55:440:55:47

Well, they won, which is one indicator!

0:55:470:55:50

-I'll take that!

-Could you feel that you were fighting other people?

0:55:500:55:54

If you're playing a computer,

0:55:540:55:55

it doesn't seem like it's thinking that many moves ahead,

0:55:550:55:58

whereas if you're playing people, for one thing,

0:55:580:56:00

playing three people, you've got layers of strategy,

0:56:000:56:02

as well as different people commanding different parts,

0:56:020:56:04

-rather than it being one central unit.

-Absolutely.

-Well, I loved it.

0:56:040:56:07

I hope both teams have got your breath back.

0:56:070:56:09

Lynette, Mike, what really did happen at the Battle of Zama?

0:56:090:56:13

They sent their elephants down the middle,

0:56:130:56:16

and what the Romans did was they split apart.

0:56:160:56:21

They used those formations,

0:56:210:56:23

those maniples to split apart and make corridors.

0:56:230:56:26

But the elephants needed to be guided up those corridors,

0:56:270:56:30

so throwing the javelins and there was also lots of shouts and screams,

0:56:300:56:34

and the rampaging, charging elephants went right through them

0:56:340:56:37

and off the battlefield.

0:56:370:56:39

Once the Carthaginian elephants were gone,

0:56:390:56:42

the much stronger Roman cavalry arm were able to engage

0:56:420:56:47

and drive off the Carthaginian cavalry from off their flanks.

0:56:470:56:53

Then they engaged.

0:56:530:56:54

And the Romans, under Scipio,

0:56:550:56:58

did exactly what you guys did under James.

0:56:580:57:03

You started to move your second line,

0:57:030:57:05

and Scipio even his third line,

0:57:050:57:07

out on the flanks to widen the Roman line against the Carthaginians,

0:57:070:57:12

and the Carthaginian formation collapsed in on itself

0:57:120:57:15

and the Romans just ground through them for a while.

0:57:150:57:19

But, then,

0:57:190:57:20

at just the right moment,

0:57:200:57:23

all of that excellent Numidian cavalry that the Romans had

0:57:230:57:28

swung in and attacked the Carthaginians from behind,

0:57:280:57:33

and the Romans slaughtered the Carthaginians,

0:57:330:57:37

and 20,000 Carthaginians were killed on the field.

0:57:370:57:41

20,000 were taken prisoner,

0:57:410:57:44

and only 1,500 Romans were killed in the Battle of Zama.

0:57:440:57:49

This battle sealed the fate of Carthage as a world power.

0:57:490:57:52

Rome sacked the city and took over the western Mediterranean,

0:57:520:57:56

which it would rule for 600 years to come.

0:57:560:57:59

But, unlike your battle, both leaders survived!

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-THEY LAUGH

-Yes!

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There you have it, the battle

0:58:050:58:07

that decided the fate of the ancient world,

0:58:070:58:10

and the fate of our two teams of Time Commanders.

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Hannibal is finally bested.

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Thanks to our two teams for joining us today.

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It was, I think, a fantastic battle.

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Join us again when we see if we can rewrite history on Time Commanders.

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