Battle for Aleria
*****In the summer of 276 BC Hanno's life came to an end (345BC-276BC)....he was at peace, and the empire would do well.....at 49, Hasdrubal ascended to the throne--a tall, thin man, with steely eyes...he had charisma and his men loved him so, but unlike his father....he wasn't interested in merely protecting the empire.. he wanted to expand it!! and his younger brother Theophanes, quiet and frail, but with an uncanny mind for businesss, became the heir. Theophanes was 26 at the time.
*****By winter's time Hasdrubal had arrived in Caralis.....with an army of elephants, Lybian spearmen, archers, and Numidian calvary. provisions were made, food, supplies, and extra armor acquired... the liberation of Aleria was coming....
*****January, 275 BC.....the stage was set. Hasdrubal arrives on the plains of Aleria....he knows of the Roman war machine and its hunger for blood.....Be quick, be leary, and above all, spare none, he cries to his men. today Rome will know that We Are Carthage!!!