Merlin of Chaos

All that said previously, I have to admit to being VERY excited about the idea of a movie about Hannibal Barca, and I for one favor the idea of casting Vin Diesel in that role. The only real problem I'll have with it will be the fight scenes which will probably not be accurately portrayed (Hannibal largely beat the legions with collapsing formations that were designed to out flank the legions with inferior numbers of men, not by trampling them with elephants like most people tend to believe) but this is nothing new. Likely I imagine the battle scenes to be pure chaos with Vin Diesel bellowing alot and covered in blood. All that said, my two favorite historical military leaders are Hannibal and King Leonidas (big shouts to Hamilcar Barca too) and any movie that tells there story would be high on my list to see. I wonder if Hannibal had been merciless in Italy and taken Rome when he could of, how the world would be different? Carthage is generally regarded as being more socially and econimcally advanced than Rome was and you'd have to wonder if they had ruled the world, if it would have been a better place?