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The extroardinary life of Hannibal Barca. It gives you, the reader insite on his military atchievements and biography.

Date Submitted: 05/20/2004 20:47:41
Category: / History / World History
Length: 9 pages (2596 words)
Hannibal Hannibal Barca: Military Genius By Introduction Carthage Before Hannibal Carthage, one of the most famous cities of antiquity, was founded on the north coast of Africa by the Phoenicians of Tyre (sur) in 814 B.C. The foundation of Carthage was closely followed by the establishment of other Phoenician cities in the west Mediterranean over which Carthage gradually gained control. From then on, Carthaginian power expanded into Spain, Sicily and numerous other places in the …
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…to Antiochus. The charge that Hannibal had plotted with Antiochus is unsup-ported, but after he became a member of the Syrian court he certainly ad-vised the King to attack the Romans. After Antiochus defeat, Hannibal went to Prussia in 183 B.C., but the Ro-mans, by what means it is unknown, put themselves in a position to de-mand his surrender. Unable this time to escape arrest, Hannibal took his own life rather than suffer further humiliation.
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