Posted 11/13/2013 15:20 (#3442242 - in reply to #3442222) Subject: Re: No Rome defeated Hannibal but..
Death comes to us all. Life's but a walking shadow
Rome defeated Hannibal but the consequences for the farming people in the countryside were not positive. War, even with victory can cause dramatic upheavals in societies.
My point is that for whatever reasons we've crowded people off the land into cities where they less secure from starvation and insecurity. There are consequences.