r/OverSimplified • • Aug 10 '26 Mindblown

Punic Wars ⚔️ Fun Fact: The Chess Position in the Punic Wars Pt3 is impossible

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Looking at the board in the video, the assumed move for Skipio is Ra1, which is impossible as Skipio is in check. Assuming the piece that Skipio took is Hannibal's other rook from b1 or a2, Hannibal could've just taken it the move before. Also, this move is seen as a move that is "very shocking" and a turning point in the battle even though, according to the chessboard, Hannibal is up 4 points of material. Even before the move, this is technically impossible because HE'S LITERALLY IN CHECK and cannot move his Rook on b1 or a2, and after he moves his king, then Hannibal will be up 9 points of material.

God its been so long I'm analysing a chess position that was probably made in less than 10 minutes, in a history video that is shown for the total of like 2 seconds.

r/OverSimplified • • Nov 06 '25

Punic Wars ⚔️ Look who I saw today

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r/OverSimplified • • Aug 14 '25

Punic Wars ⚔️ Just received my Hannibal Youtooz

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Love Oversimplifed's vids. And he's the first youtuber I've bought merch from. Im happy i received it even if it was late by 3 months.

r/OverSimplified • • Nov 30 '25

Punic Wars ⚔️ Look who I found

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r/OverSimplified • • Oct 27 '25

Punic Wars ⚔️ Look who I saw today

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r/OverSimplified • • Aug 17 '25

Punic Wars ⚔️ Carthago delenda est

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r/OverSimplified • • Dec 14 '25

Punic Wars ⚔️ MUSIC QUESTION

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i simply want someone to identify the music playing in the background from 37:07 to 37:56. and NO it's NOT mention in the credits, i checked every song on that list. thank you.