Rome Met its Match...Then Burned and Salted their Enemy's Wounds

We watched another episode of "Decisive Battles" which addressed Hannibal's Carthaginian army defeating a superior (numbers and weapons) Roman army by outflanking (coming around the side) them.  The Roman military was efficient and designed to expand the empire, but it met its match with Hannibals' tactical genius.  Problem is, the Roman's spent so much on their military that they have little left for art - which is why they are often skipped over when bridging Egypt & Greece with Renaissance Europe.