When he was ten years old Hamilcar had taken him with him on a campaign in Spain; there, by a rigourous training, he had learned to endure cold and hardships.
In the depth of winter his father had made him pass the nights uncovered and almost without clothing in the cold.

He had bathed in the icy water of the torrents from the snow clad hills, and had been forced to keep up with the rapid march of the light armed troops in pursuit of the Iberians.

He was taught to endure long abstinence from food and to bear pain without flinching, to be cheerful under the greatest hardships, to wear a smiling face when even veteran soldiers were worn out and disheartened.
"It is incumbent upon us, the rulers and aristocracy of this great city, my son, to show ourselves superior to the common herd.

They must recognize that we are not only richer and of better blood, but that we are stronger, wiser, and more courageous than they.

So, only, can we expect them to obey us, and to make the sacrifices which war entails upon them.