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pasquale amabile posts on 10/4/2005 10:25:22 AM
DEAR SIR,
I HAVE JUST FINISHED READING YOUR VERY INTERESTING BOOK ABOUT HANNIBAL OF WHICH I AM NOW FOND OF SO I HAVE BUILT UP AN ASSOCIATION CALLED "HANNIBAL NELLA VALLE DELL'ORCO" BECAUSE HANNIBAL WENT THROUGH MY NATIVE TOWN BEFORE DESTROYING NUCERIA ALPHATERNA.
THE ORCUS'S PASS OR THE PASS OF THE ORCUS IN CASTEL SAN GIORGIO (SALERNO) IN SOUTHERN ITALY IS AN INTERESTING GEOGRAPHICAL SITE BECAUSE IT OVERHANGS ALL THE PLAIN OF CAMPAGNA FELIX AND IN THE DISTANT MT VESUVIUS RISES. NOW, ALL MY INTERESTING IN HANNIBAL, HAS COME INTO BEING AFTER THAT I HAVE READ YOUR WELL WRITTEN SUBERB BOOK AND OTHERS ABOUT THIS ANCIENT HERO.I DO AGREE THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN YET GIVEN HIS RIGHT HISTORICAL MERITS AND PLACE SO I HAVE DECIDED WITH SOME FRIENDS OF MINE TO HOLD AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ABOUT HANNIBAL'S UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE ANCIENT WORLD SO I HAVE THOUGHT OF YOU IN PRIMIS AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUCH A THING AND LIKE TO HELP US WE COULD COME INTO TOUCH AND SPEAK ABOUT IT.THERE COULD ALSO BE A TOWN CULTURAL EXCHANGE OR A SCHOOL-EXCHANGE WITH TUNIS. I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN ALL OTHER HISTORICAL ITALIAN HANNIBAL'S SITES. I AM A TEACHER OF ENGLISH AT THE LOCAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL "TITO LUCREZIO CARO" IN SARNO. I HOPE TO RECEIVE YOUR REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Truly Yours
Pasquale Amabile
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