A cute story about two old enemies.

>It is told, too, that they had another meeting afterwards, at Ephesus, and that when [Hannibal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Mommsen_p265.jpg), as they were walking together, took the upper hand, [Africanus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Escipi%C3%B3n_africano.JPG) let it pass, and walked on without the least notice of it; and that then they began to talk of generals, and Hannibal affirmed that [Alexander](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Alexander_the_Great_mosaic.jpg) was the greatest commander the world had seen, next to him [Pyrrhus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Pyrrhus_MAN_Napoli_Inv6150_n03.jpg), and the third was himself; Africanus, with a smile, asked, “What would you have said, if I had not defeated you?” >”I would not then, Scipio,” he replied, “have made myself the third, but the first commander.” ______________________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Flamininus." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 516. Print. ______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Hannibal Barca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal) [Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus / Scipio the African / Scipio Africanus-Major / Scipio Africanus the Elder / Scipio the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Africanus) [Alexander III of Macedon / Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας (Alexander the Great)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great) [Πύρρος (Pyrrhus of Epirus)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**