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'By the end of the First Punic War (264–241 BC), the Romans had reduced the capital city of the Carthaginian Empire to a heap of ashes and destroyed its culture, emphatically quoshing their enemy. However, in 219 BC Hannibal (247–183 BC), the eldest son of the charismatic general Hamilcar Barca (d. 229 BC), began the Second Punic War (218–201 BC), and was so successful that he threatened to destroy Roman power completely. Hannibal was a cool, self-contained, locked-in hero, and can arguably lay claim to being the greatest general of antiquity – although Hannibal actually rated himself ‘third'after Alexander the Great and Pyrrhos of Epeiros. His victories were certainly more impressive than those of Pyrrhos, and his strategic focus was clearer. Similarly, although Alexander achieved spectacular conquests, he did so using the superb Macedonian army created by his father, Philip II of Macedon, whereas Hannibal achieved his continuous run of successes with an ad-hoc collection of polyglot mercenaries. Hannibal had learnt his professionalism and confidence as a fighting soldier from his father, notably the ability to maintain himself and his army in a foreign land for so many years. The

Author

Fields, Nic; Dennis, Peter, 1950-

Publisher

Osprey Publishing Ltd

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781849083492

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir