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 roman pic 

Here is the entire dicuss from my page (Its funny how you can talk to me on my page but come here and call me a sock   

Your statement: ""image of roman (sic) which cleary state (sic) that ""it is not authentic"" (sic) and definately (sic) not of hannibal (sic)"" is OR. 
The text attached to the image clearly states that it is Roman/Capuan and only ""MAY not be"" an authentic image of Hannibal - not that it is ""not authentic... definately not of hannibal"", as you so confidently aver. The first statement is sourced, yours is not. If you have a better source, give it. Nor is the image of a ""Roman"" - the helmet alone is a give-away for that.   

If anyone is doing anything based on opinions it’s you. 1st of all you changed the original writing under the bust to support your illegitimate claim that is vandalism. Also those ""sources"" you speak of do not support or authenticate that this roman image is of Hannibal in anyway. It would be best if we actually look time out to find an authentic image other than partake in this edit war.

From Adrian Goldsworthy, Cannae p.24 (2001): ""A bust which me be a representation of Hannibal in later life, although there are no definite images of him"". This reference has been attached to the image for months and has been repeatedly deleted by you, despite my repeated attempts to draw your attention to it. More references follow. The same image appears on the cover of Goldsworthy's The Fall of Carthage (2000) as ""Hannibal in later life"" and in Goldsworthy's The Complete Roman Army p.41 (2003) as ""A bust that purports to show Hannibal in later life"". The bust appears also on the cover of Serge Lancel's Hannibal (1995) as ""Roman bust of Hannibal. Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Naples"". From Philip Matyszak Chronicle of the Roman Republic p.95 (2003): ""Bust, thought to be of Hannibal, found in Capua"". Brian Todd Carey's Hannibal's Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage (2007) also uses the image as its cover illustration.

There you go, 5 scholars - and the museum which possesses the bust - all agreeing that the bust either is of Hannibal or may be of Hannibal. Once again, all I ask is that you provide just one source which supports your opinion that the bust ""is not authentic and definately not of hannibal"", as you so confidently aver. Without a source for this statement, your opinion is nothing but OR.   

Understand that I have a life in the real world, if you leave me a message I will respond to  you when  I can , so please spare the hounding. Anyway you say you want me to provide a source that say the image is not of Hannibal, because you have provided 5 scholarly sources that say otherwise. Well I don’t need to provide a source because, you have already done it and have proven my point. NONE of the “sources” you provided states that the picture is of Hannibal. You yourself said that all the sources you listed said MAYBE the picture if of Hannibal, then you went on to add a quote from one of your “sources” saying “""A bust which me be a representation of Hannibal in later life, although there are no definite images of him"". You have basically proven my point if your sources aren’t sure whether or not the image is authentic and you actually have a quote from one saying that there are no definite images of Hannibal then that image should definitely not be there.  

There are 3 views:

1) That the bust IS of Hannibal. 

Supporters: Lancel Hannibal cover (1995): ""Roman bust of Hannibal. Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Naples"". Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage cover (2000): ""Hannibal in later life""
Carey Hannibal's Last Battle: Zama and the Fall of Carthage cover (2007). 

2) That the bust IS POSSIBLY/PROBABLY of Hannibal. 

Supporters: Matyszak Chronicle of the Roman Republic p.95 (2003): ""Bust, thought to be of Hannibal, found in Capua"". Goldsworthy The Complete Roman Army p.41 (2003): ""a bust that purports to show Hannibal in later life"". Goldsworthy Cannae'' p.24 (2004): ""a bust which may be a representation of Hannibal in later life, although there are no definite images of him"". This citation has been attached to the image for months. 

3) That the bust IS DEFINITELY NOT of Hannibal.

Supporters: You.

Lancel, Carey, and the MA, Naples assert that the image is of Hannibal. Matyszak asserts that it is ""thou