Hannibal

Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and statesman who fought during The Second Punic War. He is the son of Hamilcar Barca.
==Biography==
Hannibal is the son of Hamilcar Barca, born in Carthage in around 247 BC. As a child, he was taught to hate all things Roman and to have vengeance. On a cliff viewing the Italian peninsula, Hamilcar tells Hannibal about how Rome humiliated Carthage, and Hannibal gets mad at the Romans. At the age of 9, Hamilcar took his son to Spain, where they opened silver mines so they could pay their debt to Rome, for losing in the First Punic War. They even made a city known as New Carthage. After paying the debt, Rome doesn't want Carthage to expand any further, so they decide on the Ebro River Treaty, where anything south of the Ebro River is in Carthage's sphere of influence, and anything north would be in Rome's. Hamilcar dies a violent death where he is ambushed by tribespeople and drowned in the river. He is succeeded by his brother-in-law, Hasdrubal the Fair, who is later killed in war, leaving 26-year-old Hannibal on his own. He expands his land, rebuilds military strength, which makes Rome uncomfortable. 
As tensions string high, a Roman ally named Saguntum finds itself at the center of war. Since it is south of the Ebro River, it clearly goes against the Ebro River treaty for Saguntum to be a Roman ally, but it is. So, Hannibal lays siege to the city for 8 months, before they break into the city and turn it into a killing field. 
*The First Punic War (Part 2)
*The Second Punic War (Part 1 & 2)
==Gallery==
Category:First Punic War
Category:Second Punic War