Born
247 BC
Died
183 BC
Nationality
Carthaginian
Events involving Hannibal Barca (6)
218 BC
ID: 2663
Hannibal crosses Alps - leads 40,000 men and 37 elephants over Alps in winter, arrives in Italy with half his force
ID: 2663
218 BC
ID: 5322
Spanish silver funds Hannibal's war - Cartagena mines produce 300 pounds silver daily, financing invasion of Italy
ID: 5322
217 BC
ID: 2664
Battle of Lake Trasimene - Hannibal ambushes Roman army in fog, 15,000 Romans killed, Fabius becomes dictator
ID: 2664
216 BC
ID: 2665
Battle of Cannae - Hannibal's double envelopment destroys Roman army, 70,000 dead, worst defeat in Roman history
ID: 2665
207 BC
ID: 2667
Battle of Metaurus - Hasdrubal (Hannibal's brother) defeated and killed, his head thrown into Hannibal's camp
ID: 2667
202 BC
ID: 2668
Battle of Zama - Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal in Africa, Second Punic War ends, Rome dominant in Mediterranean
ID: 2668