L'enfant du grand n'estant à sa naissance,

Subiuguera les hauts monts Appennins,

Fera trembler tous ceux de la Balance,

Et des monts feux iusques à mont Cenis.

The child of the Great who was not present at his birth,

He will subjugate the high Apennine mountains:

All those in Libra will tremble,

And from the Pyrenees to Mont Cenis.

1 line. Hannibal was born in 247 BC in the family of the famous Carthaginian leader Hamilcar. Where the father was at the time of birth of his son is unknown. From the age of 9, Hamilcar took his son on military campaigns and instilled in him a hatred of the Roman republic.

2 line. Hannibal became the head of the Carthaginian troops in Spain and in 218 BC started the 2nd Punic War. His army crossed Pyrenees and Alps in the second half of October (under the sign of Libra). On the Mont-Cenis pass, he ferried not only the army, horses, but also elephants. The arrival of Hannibal's army was unexpected for the Romans. He managed to win a number of victories on the Apennine Peninsula.

Decoding of the number 5.61. If 56 to flip into 29 and rearrange the numbers – 219, then 219-1=218 BC – the beginning of the 2nd Punic War.

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