All of this was about to change with Charlemagne. ... Another thing about the Frankish style was that they did not use the horse as a weapon but only as transportation which seems odd. ... The Franks fought entirely on the ground which might seem a disadvantage against the Muslim horse man and the Huns probably the best horsemen of the day. ... Charlemagne was a wise man when it came to fighting wars he planned it all very well and was most successful. ... All that is known is that his mother taught him as would be expected to. ...

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He never had a unified army of one race or language; his army consisted of all the enemies of Rome and followers of Hannibal. ... After several battles with hostile Gallic tribes of the mountainous region and many engineering feats enabling such an army with horse and elephants to pass, Hannibal 3 emerged from the Alps into Northern Italy late in November of 218. ... Hannibal, however, lost all of his elephants save one due to wounds received in battle and the cold.12 4 Early on in 217, the Roman consuls did not want to fight Hannibal without a massive army, so they merely harassed his...

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