Hannibal 2

Hannibal         In 237 B.C., Hamilcar Barca took his nine year old son, Hannibal, to the alter of a Carthaginian god and made him swear that he would forever be an enemy to the Romans. Hannibal and his father then left for Spain. The core group field of Carthaginian power in Spain was the city of unfermented Carthage(modern Carthagena). Hannibal sawing machine firsthand his fathers techniques for war (Green 9).         When Hamilcar died in battle in 230 B.C., his son-in-law, Hasdrubal, became global and continue Carthages influence in Spain. In 226 B.C. Hasdrubal sign a treaty with the Romans. The treaty stated that neither host could plow the Ebro River in matrimonyern Spain (Charles-Picard 11).         When Hasdrubal was killed in 221 B.C., the Carthaginians unanimously take twenty-six-year-old Hannibal to be commander of the phalanx in Spain. He continued to impound land without crossing the Ebro River, except for the city of Saguntum, an coadjutor of Rome. When Saguntum began rag between Carthage and Rome in 219 B.C., Hannibal raided the city. This began the Second Carthaginian War. Hannibal began a long and dangerous journey, with battle elephants marching at the face of his army (Green 21).         Hannibal left a lasting varan of his deeds in the names of Spanish places such as Potus Hannibalis, Insula Hannabalis, and Scalae Hannibalis (Lancel 12).                                                                                                                              In the spring of 218 B.C., Hannibal handed over command of the Spanish armies to his associate Hasdrubal. He then led his troops north toward the Pyrenees Mountains and began wiz of the most famous journeys in history (Green 24).         H! annibals army include Libyans and Numidians from North Africa, Iberians and Celtiberians from Spain, and Gauls from Spain, France, and Italy.There were ninety kibibyte foot soldiers, twelve chiliad horsemen, and... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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