Hannibal

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hannibal

hannibal247-181BC

history :

first punic war : After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, Hamilcar set out to improve his family's and Carthage's fortunes. With that in mind and supported by Gades, Hamilcar began the subjugation of the tribes of the Iberian Peninsula. Carthage at the time was in such a poor state that its navy was unable to transport his army; instead, Hamilcar had to march it towards the Pillars of Hercules and then cross theStrait of Gibraltar.[citation needed]

second punic war:Hannibal departed New Carthage in late spring of 218 BC.[19] He fought his way through the northern tribes to the foothills of the Pyrenees, subduing the tribes through clever mountain tactics and stubborn fighting. He left a detachment of 20,000 troops to garrison the newly conquered region. At the Pyrenees, he released 11,000 Iberian troops who showed reluctance to leave their homeland. Hannibal reportedly entered Gaul with 40,000-foot soldiers and 12,000 horsemen.[20]

death (183 to 181 BC)

Prusias agreed to give Hannibal up, but the general was determined not to fall into his enemy's hands. The precise year and cause of Hannibal's death are unknown. Pausanias wrote that Hannibal's death occurred when mounting his horse, his finger becoming wounded by his drawn sword resulted in a fever and then his death three days later.[49] Juvenal asserts that his death was at Libyssa on the eastern shore of the Sea of Marmara, after having taken poison, which, it was said, he had long carried about with him in a ring.

conclusion :

The material of legend: in Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, J. M. W. Turner envelops Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in Romantic atmosphere. Hannibal is generally regarded as one of the best military strategists and tacticians of all time, the double envelopment at Cannae an enduring legacy of tactical brilliance. According to Appian, several years after the Second Punic War, Hannibal served as a political advisor in the Seleucid Kingdom and Scipio was sent there on a diplomatic mission from Rome.

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