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Hannibal - Wikipedia  Hannibal fully Hannibal Barca, was a Punic military commander from Carthage, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War. His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law .... After he assumed command, Hannibal spent two years consolidating his...
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Hannibal - Ancient History - HISTORY.com  In 219 B.C., Hannibal of Carthage led an attack on Saguntum, an independent ... He then marched his massive army across the Pyrenees and Alps into central Italy ... chose the 26-year-old Hannibal to command Carthage's empire in Spain. ... B.C., Roman forces defeated an army of reinforcements led by Hannibal's brother...
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Hannibal - The Worlds First Civilizations Were All Black Civilizations  In 228 B.C. he fell in battle and was succeeded by hasdrubal his son-in- law who, in his turn was murdered seven years later in 221 B.C. ... But since Carthage had lost command of the sea to Rome, how was Hannibal to get to ... sent his brother Gnaue to Spain with an army to cut Hannibal off from his brother Hasdrubal.
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Carthage, Hannibal - World History International  ... his brother-in-law Hasdrubal extended and consolidated the Carthaginian dominion ... When Hasdrubal was assassinated in 221 BC, the army chose Hannibal as commander in chief. ... After his father's death he took command of the army in Spain. .... Of these armies he sent one to Africa, left the second with his brother...
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Carthage - The Roman Empire  The first great imperial opponent of Rome, they took the Romans to the very brink of defeat. .... He should spend his time on Sicily in an on-and-off war with the great .... Carthage, had left his army under command of his sons and had returned to Sicily ..... Hannibal Barca was the son of Hamilcar Barca - and brother-in-law to...
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Hannibal - Ancient History - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Hannibal, including videos, interesting articles, ... warrior, Hannibal Barca will stop at nothing to wipe out the Roman Republic. ... to pursue his lifelong dream of destroying Rome up until his death in 183 B.C. ... chose the 26-year-old Hannibal to command Carthage's empire in Spain.
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Unduh MP3/Video Hannibal versus Rome  The fall of the city would have opened the way to conquer Europe. ... at age nine Hannibal accompanied his father Hamilcar Barca on the Carthaginian expedition to conquer Spain. Before embarking, the boy vowed eternal hatred for Rome, his people's bitter rival. ... Hannibal - Battle of Cannae 216 B.C.   .
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Hannibal - Wikipedia  Hannibal fully Hannibal Barca, was a Punic military commander from Carthage, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War. .... After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, Hamilcar set out to improve his...
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Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage  although in 215 they had beaten Hannibal, and in 211 had retaken Capua. Publius Cornelius Scipio (Scipio Africanus Major) in B.C. 210-206 drove the ... in B.C. 202. suffered final overthrow at Zama, in the battle that ended the Second Punic. War. ... propraetor, was to protect the coast of Sicily with twenty men-of-war and a.
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Battle of Zama | Roman-Carthaginian history | Britannica.com  Feb 27, 2015 ... Battle of Zama, (202 bce), victory of the Romans led by Scipio Africanus the ... Hannibal returned to Africa with his 12,000-man veteran army and soon ... veterans from Cannae who sought redemption from that disgraceful defeat. .... Hannibal escaped from the battle and went to his estates in the east near...
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From the Founding of the City/Book 26 - Wikisource, the free online ...  Apr 15, 2012 ... The troopers each took one of these upon his horse and trained ... Seeing the enemy shaken the Roman cavalry charged home, and in the rout ... to meet a much heavier attack from Hannibal and his Carthaginians on the other side. ..... in his name that he would deport the whole of his army from Spain if he...
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Second Punic War: Hannibal's War in Italy | HistoryNet  A powerful army stood poised to cross the Ebro River into northern Spain, ... had brought this army to the banks of the Ebro in a fateful year, 218 bc. ... the Pyrenees, on through Gaul, over the Alps and into Italy to threaten Rome itself. ..... major attack the Carthaginians faced, as the higher mountains were sparsely populated.
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Hannibal - Wikipedia  Hannibal fully Hannibal Barca, was a Punic military commander from Carthage, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War. His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law .... After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, Hamilcar set out to improve his...
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Hannibal - Ancient History - HISTORY.com  The son of a mighty Carthaginian warrior, Hannibal Barca will stop at nothing to ... In 203 B.C., Hannibal abandoned the struggle in Italy to defend North Africa, and he ... chose the 26-year-old Hannibal to command Carthage's empire in Spain. ... the Ebro River was the northernmost border of Carthage's influence in Spain;...
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Hamilcar Barca - Everything2.com  Oct 13, 2002 ... Hamilcar was a Carthaginian general in the First Punic War, he was also the father of Hannibal, Mago, and Hasdrubal, ... Following the mercenary war he went to Spain with his nine year old son Hannibal, and his son-in-law ... Hamilcar died in 229 B.C. when he drowned retreating from the siege of Helice.
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Carthage, Hannibal - World History International  At the age of nine Hannibal accompanied his father on the Carthaginian ... Before starting, the boy vowed eternal hatred for Rome, the bitter rival of Carthage. ... He led his forces along eastern Spain, over the Pyrenees Mountains, and across ... me lay hold of the altar and swear that I would never be a friend to the Romans.
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Battle of the Trebia - Wikipedia  The Battle of the Trebia (or Trebbia) was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and the Roman Republic in December of 218 BC, on or around the winter solstice. It was a resounding Roman defeat with heavy losses, and yet some 10,000 .... The Romans were discovered by a detachment of Carthaginian cavalry who...
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Hannibal's crossing of the Alps - Wikipedia  Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC was one of the major events of the Second Punic War ... It was in that year that the officers of the Carthaginian army in Iberia ... He received tribute from all of these recently subjugated tribes, and marched his .... Over the course of the two-month campaign, Hannibal lost 13,000 men.
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Hasdrubal the Fair - Revolvy  In 237 BC, they parted towards the Peninsula, but around 231230 BC Hasdrubal ... governor in Iberia after Hamilcar Barca's death, and founder of Cartagena. .... Cartagena has been inhabited for over two millennia, being founded around 227 BC ... The city had its heyday during the Roman Empire , when it was known as...
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Hannibal - Wikipedia  Hannibal fully Hannibal Barca, was a Punic military commander from Carthage, generally ... Rank, General Commander-in-Chief of the Carthaginian armies .... Soon the Romans became aware of an alliance between Carthage and the Celts of the Po Valley in ... Hannibal departed New Carthage in late spring of 218 BC.
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The Carthaginians in Spain - Spain Then and Now  ... experienced general, Hamilcar Barca, to establish a military presence in Spain to ... Accompanied by his son-in-law, Hasdrubal, and his son Hannibal, Hamilcar landed at ... Only 25 years old and apparently indoctrinated by his father to hate the ... the Second Punic War was the siege and conquest of Sagunto 219-18 BC.