00:0015,000 Roman soldiers marched blindly into a freezing, suffocating wall of white.
00:06How did General Flaminius walk his entire army straight into a narrow lakeshore deathtrap?
00:13Common Sense says scouts would spot the danger, but Hannibal hid his army on the steep hills above.
00:20Thick morning lake evaporation blinded the vanguard,
00:24while hidden Carthaginian swordsmen slammed shut the escape route from behind.
00:28Total visibility vanished in seconds as 15,000 Roman soldiers marched blindly into a freezing, suffocating wall of white.
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