Why didn't he march on Rome? Was he scared?
>>13319544He couldn’t even take Nola, he knew he didn’t have a chance at taking Rome
>>13319544Hannibal was able to win his battles by manuvering his army which you can't really do for a siege, not helped by the fact he didn't have the supplies or even troops for a long term siege
He could have gained a victory but he would not have known how to use it
>>13319945What's Nola?
>>13320776New Orleans.
>>13320776Nola is the city Hannibal attacked immediately after Cannae. He leaned heavily on getting someone to open the gates for him and it didn’t pan out.