[DOC] [TLE] Hannibal - Wikipedia [PAR] Hannibal fully Hannibal Barca, was a Punic military commander from Carthage, 
generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His 
father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First 
Punic War. .... After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, Hamilcar set out to 
improve his... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Cannae - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War that took place 
on 2 August 216 BC in Apulia, in southeast Italy. The army of Carthage, under 
Hannibal, decisively defeated a larger army of the Roman Republic .... While the 
Romans were approaching Cannae, a small portion of Hannibal's forces 
ambushed... [DOC] [TLE] First Punic War - Wikipedia [PAR] The First Punic War (264 to 241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between 
Ancient ... The First Punic War ended with a treaty between Rome and Carthage, 
but years .... After a few skirmishes, disease struck the Roman army while 
supplies in ... to be confused with Hannibal Barca's father, with the same name) 
in 260 BC. [DOC] [TLE] Hamilcar Barca - Wikipedia [PAR] Hamilcar commanded the Carthaginian land forces in Sicily from 247 BC to 241 
BC, during the latter stages of the First Punic War. He kept his army intact and... [DOC] [TLE] Hamilcar Barca | Carthaginian general | Britannica.com [PAR] By 247, when Hamilcar took charge in Sicily, Carthage had lost to Rome all of its 
... With Hannibal and son-in-law Hasdrubal (the Handsome), he and an army of ... 
In 237 bce, shortly after its defeat in the First Punic War, Carthage launched its ... 
of southern Spain under Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal's father, and founded a new... [DOC] [TLE] Hannibal - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Jan 15, 2016 ... Hannibal (also known as Hannibal Barca, 247-183 BCE) was a Carthaginian 
general during the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome (218-202 
BCE... ... When his father drowned, command of the army passed to Hasdrubal, ... 
After the Battle of Trebbia, where he again defeated the Romans,... [DOC] [TLE] Punic Wars - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Sicily lay partly under Carthaginian and partly under Roman control. ... Even 
though Rome had never had a navy before the First Punic War, they ... 
Recognizing that Hannibal's army would be recalled if Carthage were .... His 
father was Hamilcar Barca (275-228 BCE), the great general of the First Punic 
War (264-241. [DOC] [TLE] Hamilcar Barca - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Jun 1, 2016 ... 228 BCE) was a Carthaginian general active in the First Punic War (264-241 
BCE). ... of Carthage and the father of Hannibal Barca, Rome's most notorious 
enemy, ... in Libya while Hamilcar had been in Sicily, to quash the rebellion. ... 
and then defeated an army led by Spendius near the Bagradas River. [DOC] [TLE] Hannibal Barca - Livius [PAR] Aug 18, 2015 ... His most famous campaign took place during the Second Punic War ... suffered 
severe losses from the Romans in the First Punic War (264-241). ... The Roman 
historian Livy mentions that Hannibal's father forced his .... Although Carthage 
sent an army to Sicily, Hannibal himself received hardly any troops. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Fascinating Things You Should Know About Hannibal Barca [PAR] Jan 15, 2016 ... Hamilcar Barca  Hannibal's father, was the leading Carthaginian general during 
the First Punic War. He commanded the Carthaginian land forces in Sicily from 
247 BC to 241 BC, during the latter stages of the conflict; and as ... century AD 
Roman historian compared the great Hannibal and his army to a... [DOC] [TLE] Punic Wars - Crystalinks [PAR] The Roman victories over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a preeminent ... 
While Carthage's navy was the largest in the ancient world at the time, it did not ... 
In 264 BC, Roman troops were deployed to Sicily (the first time a Roman army ... (
249 BC), Carthage

Question: During the first of these wars, the army of Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal's father, was defeated by the Romans in Sicily
Answer: the Punic Wars