Events Tagged: "Hannibal"

Hannibal crosses Alps - leads 40,000 men and 37 elephants over Alps in winter, arrives in Italy with half his force

Spanish silver funds Hannibal's war - Cartagena mines produce 300 pounds silver daily, financing invasion of Italy

Battle of Lake Trasimene - Hannibal ambushes Roman army in fog, 15,000 Romans killed, Fabius becomes dictator

Battle of Cannae - Hannibal's double envelopment destroys Roman army, 70,000 dead, worst defeat in Roman history

Sibylline Books consulted about Hannibal - prophecy says bring Magna Mater from Phrygia, black stone of Cybele brought to Rome

Rome consults Sibylline Books about Hannibal - prophecy states 'foreign enemy can be defeated if Mother of Mount Ida brought from Pessinus to Rome'

Hannibal abandons Italy - one year after Cybele's arrival, Hannibal withdraws, Romans credit Magna Mater with salvation