A GENERAL REVIEW OF BATTLE TACTISC OF HANNIBAL

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 5, 25 - 60, 05.05.2018

Murat Kılıç

Abstract

Hannibal, who has become
one of the best commanders of world history, he is known as the "father of
war strategy". Hannibal, who was in battlefields from childhood, placed
great importance on battle tactics instead of brute force in battles.
Hannibal's battle tactics changes according the conditions such as, geography,
time, number of troops, psychological and physical condition of the enemy and
he used new elements in every battle. In addition to skillful command ability,
he has also a distinguished army that can apply his forward-looking and
intelligent ideas into battlefield perfectly. This article examines the tactics,
which well documented by ancient authors, Hannibal and his army applied in
battles.

Keywords

Hannibal, Carthage, Rome, Battle Tactics, Battle of Cannae

HANNİBAL’İN SAVAŞ TAKTİKLERİNE GENEL BİR BAKIŞ

Abstract

Tarihe, dünyanın en iyi komutanlardan biri olarak
geçen Hannibal, “savaş stratejisinin babası” olarak bilinmektedir.
Çocukluğundan itibaren savaş meydanlarında olan Hannibal, savaşlarda kaba
kuvvet yerine taktiğe önem vermiştir. Böylece asker zayiatını en aza indirmiş
ve en etkin sonucu almaya çalışmıştır. Hannibal’in savaş taktikleri,
coğrafyaya, zamana, asker sayısına, düşmanın psikolojik ve fiziki durumuna göre
değişkenlik göstermiştir. Hannibal bir komutan olarak kendisinin ileri görüşlü
ve akıllıca fikirlerini, mükemmel derecede savaş meydanına dökebilecek seçkin
bir orduya da sahiptir. Bu makalenin amacı Hannibal ve ordusunun büyük
savaşlarda uyguladığı ve tarihi kaynaklarda detaylı olarak verilen taktikleri
incelemektir.

Keywords

Hannibal, Kartaca, Roma, Savaş Taktikleri, Cannae Savaşı

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