Starting my list with
KING HANNIBAL
King Hannibal is said to be the greatest military
leader and strategist of all time. Hannibal was
born in 247 B.C., during the beginning of the
decline of Carthage, then a maritime power near
present-day Tunis in North Africa. The Carthage
population was a mix of Africans and Phoenicians
who were great merchants, trading with India, the
people of the Mediterranean and the Scilly Isles.
When he was very young, about 8 or 9, Hannibal
accompanied his father Hamilclar in a battle
against the Romans. Seventeen years later in 221
B.C., he succeeded his brother-in-law Hasdrubal,
and became supreme commander of the
peninsula.
Hannibal had 80,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and
40 African war elephants. He conquered major
portions of Spain and France, and all of Italy,
except for Rome.
Hannibal marched his army and war elephants
through the Alps to surprise and conquer his
enemies. In one battle, the Romans put 80,000
men on the field led by Scipio to defeat Hannibal.
When Scipio attacked with his entire army,
Hannibal had so studied the grounds that he
arranged his African swordsmen and elephants to
trampled and slaughter them.
After killing thousands of Roman soilders in
lengthy battle, Hannibal took his own life rather
than surrender when he was overwhelmed by the
larger Roman army.
KING HANNIBAL
King Hannibal is said to be the greatest military
leader and strategist of all time. Hannibal was
born in 247 B.C., during the beginning of the
decline of Carthage, then a maritime power near
present-day Tunis in North Africa. The Carthage
population was a mix of Africans and Phoenicians
who were great merchants, trading with India, the
people of the Mediterranean and the Scilly Isles.
When he was very young, about 8 or 9, Hannibal
accompanied his father Hamilclar in a battle
against the Romans. Seventeen years later in 221
B.C., he succeeded his brother-in-law Hasdrubal,
and became supreme commander of the
peninsula.
Hannibal had 80,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and
40 African war elephants. He conquered major
portions of Spain and France, and all of Italy,
except for Rome.
Hannibal marched his army and war elephants
through the Alps to surprise and conquer his
enemies. In one battle, the Romans put 80,000
men on the field led by Scipio to defeat Hannibal.
When Scipio attacked with his entire army,
Hannibal had so studied the grounds that he
arranged his African swordsmen and elephants to
trampled and slaughter them.
After killing thousands of Roman soilders in
lengthy battle, Hannibal took his own life rather
than surrender when he was overwhelmed by the
larger Roman army.
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