Who was Hannibal and what did he try to do?

Answer 1

Hannibal was the leader of the Carthaginian army and he fought against the Romans in 1 war commonly known as the 2nd Punic war. did not fight in the first, lost the second when he crossed the alps with 40 war elephants and lost all but . and did not fight in the third.

Answer 2

He ran a successful invasion of Italy during the Second Punic War, which kept in the defensive for fifteen years. When Rome changed its strategy and invaded Carthage, he was recalled to defend. He won three major battles in western Rome. Made better life for soldiers.

Answer 3

Hannibal belonged to a Carthaginian family which produced many generals. His father, Hamilcar conquered southern Spain. This territory was like a private possession of this family. Hannibal was said to have sparked off the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage because he wanted to take revenge for Rome having fraudulently seized Corsica and Sardinia (which were Carthaginian possessions) soon after the First Punic War.

Hannibal gathered an army in Spain and marched to Italy, crossing the Alps in the winter (which was thought to be impossible). He routed the Roman armies in northern and in central Italy. Instead of proceeding to Rome he moved to the south because he could not attack Rome as he had lost his siege machines during the crossing of the Alps. He routed the roman armies a third time in the battle of Cannae (216 BC) in the south, which was one of the greatest victories in antiquity. However, after this, the Romans started gaining the upper hand and regained control of Italy and Hannibal was forced to spend the last four years of his campaign in Italy on the easily defensible mountains of Calabria, the toe of Italy. The Romans then brought the war near Carthage in Tunisia and Hannibal was recalled to fight there. He was defeated in the last battle of the war, the Battle of Zama, by the Roman general Scipio Africanus.

Answer 4

Hannibal was a very intelligent general and used war elephants to attack Rome. Rome had never seen this before, so they were scrambled. even though he had the advantage in war forces, Rome still remained victorious.

Answer 5

The Carthaginian general named Hannibal was one of the greatest military leaders in history.

Answer 6

Hannibal was a man born in Carthage (which is in Africa) who tried to conquer all of Europe but ended up killing himself with poiseon

Answer 7

Hamilcar Barca waged war against the Romans .