Silence of the Rams

Alps &, &s

&, In the whispers of "thunderbolts" as potent as Giga-Volts of Gold, a story’s been told fold to fold...

& “Graciously throw the Roman Child to the flaming Lord Ba’al!”

& That’s “fair”ly Said by Hasdrubal to Hannibal, and Hannibal to Hasdrubal, Hasdrubal to Maharbal, and this bal and that bal an bla…bla…bla  Babbling Babal…

&, some "draw" a wedge into the fledge of the pledge of Carthage

& the pledge of an all-out allegiance to Hannibal… came to “not”s

& the State blundered the political battle, a mistake too grave, too fatal…

& said to Hannibal: “Well that’s tooo radical, Hannibal!” &…

&, that’s “fair”ly Said by Hasdrubal to Hannibal, and Hannibal to Hasdrubal, Hasdrubal to Maharbal, and this bal and that bal and bla…bla… Babbling Babal… Bla...       

&, this is fairly, “The Second Punic War” “in-puzzle” and you will “feel” what Hannibal felt as his War Elephants (Bishops) together with the Nubian Cavalry decimated the Roman ranks only to C his victory Not to B… or to "g", "g-file"!   

& to rejoice of Rome’s, screamed sighingly this disparaged broken man:

“Battling Rams!!! Battling Rams!!!”  

-  Mighty Son of Ham’s.

Why does white draw instead of win?

Rxg6??

"Ask me not that "?" bounced the Wall" "Ask the fate of Hannibal's!" "Is the moral of his fall!

& Hannibal could have won the war in a crushing fashion:  

- So explore how many winning moves Hannibal has in the last move of the puzzle. You could also make a diagram of it, if you like. (I mean on the "12. move")

There are 2**3 ways to checkmate on the last move and 3**3 moves to stalemate.

Looks like a star but it is made of gold, it's said: "Speech is silver & Silence is... " 

- "...as potent as Giga-Volts of ..." Remember?