Hannibal

Hannibal (; ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin, triggered by the emergence of the Roman Republic as a great power with its defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War. Revanchism prevailed in Carthage, symbolized by the pledge that Hannibal made to his father to "never be a friend of Rome".

second war between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought between 218 and 201 BCE

212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal's army destroyed a Roman army led by praetor Marcus Centenius Penula

Carthaginian attack on the Roman Republic through the Alps

skirmish between the armies of Rome and Carthage during the Second Punic War

Imilce or Himilce was the Iberian wife of Hannibal Barca according to a number of historical sources. thumb|Mural portrait of Imilce in Cartagena, Spain

geographical object

Surus was believed to be the last war elephant of Carthaginian general Hannibal's army in Italy.

Roman temple in Cádiz

marble bust from Roman times, formerly attributed to Hannibal; now in the Quirinal Palace