History Tl;Dr: The Battle of Ager Falernus
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read
The Battle of Ager Falernus was a fight between the armies of Carthage(lead by Hannibal Barca) and The Roman Republic(lead by Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus)
By nightfall, the Army of Carthage had managed to become trapped in a valley on all sides by Roman soldiers. To escape the trap, Hannibal had a brilliant idea, lighting a herd of oxen on fire to make it look like an army with torches was running and the romans would chase them. The plan, regardless of how spectacularly bullshit it is, actually worked and the Army of Carthage escaped without casualty.
“You think the romans would chase the oxen if I set them on fire?” -Hannibal Probably
