Explanation: During the Second Punic War, the great tactical genius of the Carthaginian (‘Punic’) general Hannibal Barca was only ever even close-to-matched by one Roman opponent - Scipio Africanus. As the meme outlines, both were intensely driven men. Technically speaking, I think Hannibal only lost use of one of his eyes due to illness, not the eye itself.
Both were treated poorly by their nations after the war, despite both being essentially the main reason for the continued survival of their polities. Hannibal Barca was exiled from Carthage due to his strong stance against corruption and spent the rest of his life as a mercenary commander pissing off Romans wherever he went.
Scipio Africanus was driven from political life by ultra-conservatives because of his popularity amongst the poor and veterans, and according to legend, had “Ungrateful fatherland, you will not even have my bones” inscribed on his tomb (which was not located in Rome, naturally).
Explanation: During the Second Punic War, the great tactical genius of the Carthaginian (‘Punic’) general Hannibal Barca was only ever even close-to-matched by one Roman opponent - Scipio Africanus. As the meme outlines, both were intensely driven men. Technically speaking, I think Hannibal only lost use of one of his eyes due to illness, not the eye itself.
Both were treated poorly by their nations after the war, despite both being essentially the main reason for the continued survival of their polities. Hannibal Barca was exiled from Carthage due to his strong stance against corruption and spent the rest of his life as a mercenary commander pissing off Romans wherever he went.
Scipio Africanus was driven from political life by ultra-conservatives because of his popularity amongst the poor and veterans, and according to legend, had “Ungrateful fatherland, you will not even have my bones” inscribed on his tomb (which was not located in Rome, naturally).