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Article: A BITTER END FOR TWO PATRIOTS.(Hannibal defeated, 202 B.C.)(Brief Article)
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- Calliope
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- January 1, 1999
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What are generals to do when their war is over? Is it possible to incorporate them into civilian society usefully and peacefully? Or do their talents and popularity represent a threat to that society and its leaders? These are old questions with few easy answers. Sometimes the transformation from soldier to civilian seems effortless. For example, the popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower became an even more popular president. More often, however, tensions rise, personalities clash, and power struggles erupt. Such was the case for both the victorious Roman, Publius Cornelius Scipio, and the vanquished Carthaginian, Hannibal.
Hannibal's defeat had come in 202 B.C. on ...