Hannibal

Hannibal (; ; 247 – raintara 183 lan 181 SM) inggih punika Kartago jenderal lan negarawan sané ngamong balayuda Kartago ring payudannyané pantaraning Républik Romawi salami Yuda Punic Kakalih.

Ajin Hannibal, Hamilcar Barca, inggih punika jénderal Kartago sané kasub salami Yuda Punic Kapertama. Semeton-semetonnyané inggih punika Mago miwah Hasdrubal; Ipahnyané inggih punika Hasdrubal sang Adil, sané dados komandan wadua bala Kartago sané lianan. Hannibal maurip salami masa tegangan sane ageng ring Basin Méditérania, sane kapicu olih medalnyané Républik Romawi pinaka kekuatan sané ageng antuk kaonnyané ring Kartago ring Yuda Punic Kapertama. Revanchisme mamargi ring Kartago, kasimbolang antuk janji sané kakaryanin olih Hannibal majeng ring ajinnyané mangda "nénten naenin dados sawitran Roma".

Hannibal kaanggep pinaka silih sinunggil taktik lan jénderal militér sané pinih ageng ring aab kuna Kauh, ring samping Aléksander Agung, Cyrus Agung, Julius Caesar, Scipio Africanus, lan Pirrus. Manut Plutarchus, Scipio mataken ring Hannibal "sira jénderal sané pinih ageng", sané kasaurin olih Hannibal "napiké Aléksander utawi Pyrrhus, raris titiang".Plutarch, Life of Titus Flamininus 21.3–4. Plutarch adds that "when asked what his choices would be if he had beaten Scipio, he replied that he would be the best of them all". However, Plutarch gives another version in his Life of Pyrrhus, 8.2: "Pyrrhus, Scipio, then myself".