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@clubman
I have posted this a couple of years ago, but I can't resist repeating it, especially since we now have an additional point.
Of course, the post should be in two columns, side by side, but I'm not clever enough to make the machine do this. (I suspect that any knowledge of the ancient world makes it harder to understand computers). I hope it's clear enough, but maybe it's worth pointing out that *'Odi odioque sum Romanis' *goes with 'Doesn't like the French, and the French don't like him.'
Hannibal** (242 – 182 BC)/Romans **
Comes across sea to beat Romans at
their own game (land battles)
Lost an eye early in career through illness and overcame difficulty
Wins victories by bold crossing of mountains using cutting edge technology (elephants)
Is supported by foreign mercenaries
“Odi odioque sum Romanis”
Defeated at Zama (202 BC) aged 40
182 BC Dies by his own hand to avoid extradition.
Armstrong (b.1971)/French
Comes across ocean to beat French at their own game (Tour de France)
Cancer overcome
Usually establishes victories in the mountains. Uses cutting edge technology. (And now everyone knows what it was)
Is supported by team of professional domestiques of all cycling nations
Doesn’t like the French and the French don’t like him.
Defeated by USADA (2012) aged 41.