Never was one and the same spirit more skillful to meet opposition, to obey, or to command." "No sooner had he arrived.the old soldiers fancied they saw Hamilcar in his youth given back to them the same bright look the same fire in his eye, the same trick of countenance and features. I'll mention a quote by the Roman historian Livy, regarding his appointment at the time :. He had become, like his father, a military commander and when the leader of the Carthaginian army, his brother-in-law Hasdrubal the Fair, was assassinated in 221 BC, Hannibal took over. Much had happened to Hannibal by this time. This was the year of the momentous Battle of Cannae - Rome's most catastrophic defeat and one of the bloodiest battles in all of human history. Let's now move forward to the first year of shared destiny for Hannibal and Scipio :- the year 216 BC, which was when Hannibal was in his age 31 Year of Broken Pathways and a 12 years-younger Scipio was only in his age 19 Year of Broken Pathways. This traumatic moment is very likely to have occurred within young Hannibal's age 19 Year of Broken Pathways. His unyielding hatred of Rome, however, was already deep in Hannibal's veins. When surrounded by enemy troops he was said to have thrown himself into the Jucar River in Spain. However, most probably in 228 BC, he died in battle. Hamilcar had experienced the bitterness of defeat by Rome in the First Punic War and set about raising an army to strike back, which he did successfully. His father is reported to have held him close to a burning fire and make him swear to:- "never be a friend of Rome". Now let's wind back the clock to when a young Hannibal begged his father to let him accompany him on his campaign in modern-day Spain. Then it hit me! These two warriors were Confluent and that means their mutual fates were sealed together. When Hannibal laid siege to Rome in his only failed attempt, Scipio was said to have been 24 and my best approximation is that this took place in Hannibal's 36th year. I also remembered a key fact from a BBC documentary on Hannibal (I have watched several and read extensively). Then I accidentally noticed a coincidence, that both Hannibal and Scipio Africanus are said to have died in the same year (bit like I did with Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama). I planned to just feature him and his illustrious father Hamilcar (you must admit they are very impressive-sounding names). I have previously featured the life of Hannibal Barca in both Books ONE and TWO, such is my fascination. So without further ado I'll explain how this link came about. That's why I call what I do:- 'psycho-biography with a twist'. Why did I decide to try to link these two mortal enemies? The answer as always with me is Life Cycles. Is this a theoretical challenge? Yes, it is by far the most complex set of interrelationships I have attempted. As always, there is an added twist, because I will be using the unique Life Cycles method of analysis to focus on events in just some of their adult significant years (ie.19/24/31/36). It will be told in terms of two of the most celebrated father-son pairings as well:- Hannibal and his father Hamilcar along with Scipio Africanus and his father Pubilius Cornelius Scipio. This is a 2-part post featuring one of the most famous duos in all of military and ancient history:- Hannibal Barca and his nemesis Scipio Africanus.
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