On the Romans
It was a giant blow to their Roman-Empire-sized-ego. Being defeated by an army of troops almost half their size is one thing; having all your trips lamed by your enemy is a whole other stab at pride.
However the people shouldn't have been happy to here of it. They should have been terrified by the loss; and they were.
However the people shouldn't have been happy to here of it. They should have been terrified by the loss; and they were.
Safety
Of course the Romans wanted to be warned. If there might have been a pack of skilled troops marching up to their city, anyone would want previous information of said troops.
They had to be notified if they were going to be moved, if more people were going to get drafted, and so forth.
They had to be notified if they were going to be moved, if more people were going to get drafted, and so forth.
What they were fleeing from.
Fortifications
The victorious troops lead by Hannibal still had the Roman's stronghold of supplies and they were fairly close to Rome. Not only that, but if Hannibal could cross the Alps, the long range of mountains that basically covers Italy from boot to thigh, what was stopping him from taking Rome now that the biggest protection was taken away?
Nothing. Exactly.
So in response, the Senate hired more guards and posted them at the gates, along the roads, and anywhere where they could be put to good use. The Senate was forced to keep it's cool and moved people to safer locations, all the while appearing in controlled; though, somewhere being slaughtered by the Celts, were their troops.
Nothing. Exactly.
So in response, the Senate hired more guards and posted them at the gates, along the roads, and anywhere where they could be put to good use. The Senate was forced to keep it's cool and moved people to safer locations, all the while appearing in controlled; though, somewhere being slaughtered by the Celts, were their troops.
Morale
Being completely beaten, as counter intuitive as it sounds, made the Romans fiercer. The defeat had lost not only lost them military credit, but also political credit as well.
See, the Romans had long kept up their military prestige and record intact. That was a part of Romans. To have been crushed was humiliating, but it also weakened how strong the Romans looked to others.
Because the Romans were good fighters and wonderfully trained, then the troops weren't the issue right? Nay, it must have been the organization; it must have been the Senate who was at fault; it must have been the weak government that couldn't control their troops properly.
Now, government was something the Romans held high up there, with their many laws and intricate law system being an example, so to have their authority be laughed at surely boiled their blood and caused them to come back with a vigour.
And later win the Second Punic Wars, conquer the Carthaginians, and capture Hannibal.
See, the Romans had long kept up their military prestige and record intact. That was a part of Romans. To have been crushed was humiliating, but it also weakened how strong the Romans looked to others.
Because the Romans were good fighters and wonderfully trained, then the troops weren't the issue right? Nay, it must have been the organization; it must have been the Senate who was at fault; it must have been the weak government that couldn't control their troops properly.
Now, government was something the Romans held high up there, with their many laws and intricate law system being an example, so to have their authority be laughed at surely boiled their blood and caused them to come back with a vigour.
And later win the Second Punic Wars, conquer the Carthaginians, and capture Hannibal.