General hannibal barca biography of donald
Hannibal was a first-rate tactician, only a somewhat lesser strategist, and the greatest enemy Rome ever faced..
A real page-turner in this lucid account of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general whose invasion of Italy brought republican Rome almost to her knees.Hannibal
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Who Was Hannibal?
Hannibal, general of the Carthaginian army, lived in the second and third century B.C. He was born into a Carthaginian military family and made to swear hostility toward Rome.
During the Second Punic War, Hannibal swept across southern Europe and through the Alps, consistently defeating the Roman army, but never taking the city itself. Rome counterattacked and he was forced to return to Carthage where he was defeated.
He worked for a time as a statesman before he was forced into exile by Rome.
Hannibal Barca, one of Carthage's most influential generals, lived a couple hundred years before Christ, and has led many Roman troops to victory to conquer.
To avoid capture by the Romans, he eventually took his own life.
Early Life With Father Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal Barca was born in Carthage (present-day Tunisia) in approximately B.C. He was the son of Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca (Barca meaning "thunderbolt").
After Carthage's defeat by the Romans in the First Punic War in B.C, Hamilcar devoted himself to improving both his and Carthage's fortunes. At an early age, he took Hannibal to Spa