User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/William the Conqueror vs Hannibal Barca/@comment-181289-20130411013331

Edge

Close: The Broadsword is longer, which gives William the advantage in reach, but the Falcatas short length isn't necessarily a disadvantage, using the shield if Hannibal can get close in on William, the Broadsword won't be as effective in close. Add the the flacata has a strong chopping ability which is what works best against mail armor, with good stabbing, give it the edge: Edge:Hannibal

Long: Having a longer range is great but if the weapon can't kill the target at long range it loses it's use. Hannibal's armor will stop the bolts at long range, as bolts lose their velocity very quickly compared to arrows, and at the range it will hit and cause any damage is withing range of the Soliferrun, which has a much better change against armor than the crossbow: Edge: Hannibal

Special: Okay, neither is really a great weapon for small scale fighting, both work better in big battles. But if comparing these two against one another in this battle, the Elephant wins because it can be directed to a target, the catuplut isn't accurate enough to hit a small moving group that is aware they are being shot at. The Elephant may be able to be scared off, but contraray to what Deadliest Warrior showed, War Elephants are armored in there own style of cuirass to stop this from happening, If hit with a large volley of arrows it could get scared off but the small numbers of men here won't be able to achieve it. Edge:Hannibal

Armor:In the terms of this fight, who's ever has the armor that will better stop the the enemies weapons will win, and in this case, that is actually Hannibal. His bronze armor will effectively stop slashes and thrusts from the broad sword and the crossbow isn't strong enough to pierce it. The Falacata chopping strength will work better against mail armor do to it's poor ability at stopping blunt force trauma and the Soliferrum works extremely well against armor in general. Contrary to what Deadliest Warrior showed, a thrust should no pierce the armor at all but bounce off the side, but again they were using brass not bronze. Edge:Hannibal

Winner: HannibalI was originally going to vote for William but as I made my edges, I ended up voting Hannibals side. While William has a huge time advantage, his weapon aren't as geared toward working against solid plate as Hannibals are working against mail, which was another armor type he would of faced, where as in William time he was mostly facing mail or unarmored opponents.Hannibal is also a brilliant tactcian, having not lost a single battle until he faced Scipio Africanus, who is another great general, While Hannibal failed to defeat Genghis Khan in the show, that was do to poor historical accuracy on the shows part.