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Hannibal Barca, is son of Hamilcar Barca 247–183 or 182 BC was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician who is popularly credited as one of the most talented commanders
in history
Hannibal lived during a period of tension in the Mediterranean, when the Roman Republic established its supremacy over other great powers such as Carthage, the Hellenistic kingdoms of Macedon, Syracuse, and the Seleucid empire. One of his most famous achievements was at the outbreak of the Second Punic War
When he marched an army, which included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy. In his first few years in Italy, he won three dramatic victories- Trebia, Trasimene, and Cannae- and won over several allies of Rome.
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