General · Africa
Hannibal Barca
247–183/181 BCE
Hannibal was a Carthaginian commander of the Second Punic War. He crossed the Alps into Italy and kept an army in the peninsula for more than a decade, living off the country and off allied Italian cities. Cannae is the field action most often attached to his name. He later faced Scipio in Africa at Zama.
Battles
- Battle of Cannae
29 July 216 BCE · Cannae · Roman Italy · Ancient Rome
- Battle of Zama
15 October 202 BCE · Zama Regia · Ancient Carthage