In a famous historical anecdote, Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca, when asked by Scipio Africanus to rank the greatest commanders in history, placed himself third after Alexander the Great and Pyrrhus of Epirus, but added that if he had won at Zama, he would have ranked himself above Alexander and all others, demonstrating how military success fundamentally shapes one's self-assessment of strategic genius.
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Hannibal once dined with the man who destroyed him.
Both were [music] exiles now, Scipio Africanus and the Carthaginian he had broken at Zama. The story goes, Scipio asked, "Who was the greatest commander in history?" Alexander the Great first, Pyrrhus of Epirus second, then himself third.
Scipio pushed back. He had beaten Hannibal. Hannibal's reply, "Had he won at Zama, he would have placed himself above Alexander, above all of them."
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