Civ. I 10 March 2013 Hannibal Barca The life of Hannibal Barca was one full of controversy‚ excitement‚ and great accomplishments. As a leader during the Punic Wars‚ a war fought between Rome and Carthage‚ he was faced with a multitude of tough decisions. His journey began at the young age of ten when his father‚ Hamilcar another great Carthaginian general‚ took him to Iberia and introduced him to the world of war. He was a child who had “grown up with war” (Hannibal‚ Clifford W. Mills) and in
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Maximilian Otto Bismarck Caspari wrote of him: - “As to the transcendent military genius of Hannibal there cannot be two opinions. The man who for fifteen years could hold his ground in a hostile country against several powerful armies and a succession of able generals must have been a commander and a tactician of supreme capacity” Robert Garland - Though this claim may seem questionable to our post Hanibalic world‚ It was moreover the experience of the Second Punic War the first stimulated
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HANNIBAL AND THE BATTLE OF CANNAE The battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War near the town of Cannae‚ an ancient village in southern part of Italy. The battle took place between the outnumbered Carthaginian army under Hannibal against the Romans under the command of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro. For the most part‚ the Romans were overpowered by the undermanned Carthaginian forces. Many historians agree that the battle of Cannae is one of the greatest
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• Evaluation o Impact and Influence on his Time o Hannibal Barca (247-183/182 BC) “excited‚ frightened and – once safely dead – drew reluctant admiration from the Romans” (Hoyos‚ 2008). For an historian to assess Hannibal’s legacy they would need to acknowledge both his immediate impact on the Mediterranean world and his lasting influence on Rome. The most immediate effect Hannibal had on his time stemmed from his involvement in the Punic Wars. The tactics he employed and the threat he posed to
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Hannibal Lector and Fear of the Uncontrollable Society values conformity and cooperation because it is safer‚ and more efficient for a community as a whole. Naturally‚ individuals who create their own values get rejected by society‚ and if they stray to far from society’s norm‚ they become despised and feared. Hannibal Lector’s practice of serial murders and cannibalism‚ both acts that his society condemns‚ makes him an outcast‚ locked in a cell like an animal‚ because that is the way society
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Hannibal Barca was born in 247 B.C. in the city of Carthage‚ which was located in modern Tunis‚ or the northern tip of Africa. His father‚ Hamilcar Barca‚ was a great Carthaginian general of the army who fought in the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage‚ which the latter lost. At a very young age‚ Hamilcar made Hannibal promise "eternal hatred towards Rome" (Lendering‚ 1). At around age nine‚ Hannibal accompanied his father on an expedition to gain a hold in Spain. During this time was when
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From 218 to 202 BCE‚ the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca launched his brutal campaign to crush the early Roman republic and would ultimately be defeated on the plains of Zama. Despite these individual events being separated by a century‚ Hannibal’s second Punic war against Rome generated the factors necessary for the Republic to professionalize her military. The war brought about massive political discourse‚ social discourse‚ and a more rampant depletion of the overall manpower in Italy than
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The best way to understand ones’ character is to find what they believe in. I do hold a special place for Hannibal Barca as an example for resolve and self-discipline; he said: “Aut viam inveniam aut faciam”: (I will either find a way‚ or make one). This quote inspires me to never give up and try hard as myriad times as needed to do for successfully reaching the final goals‚ even when I fail‚ I pull up and try again‚ it is the core of my inner self. There is no denying that in difficult times it
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Hannibal Barca was one of the few military geniuses back in the time of 220 B.C. Hannibal’s efforts almost brought the Carthaginians victory over the immense Roman empire. With the Carthaginian army at his side‚ Hannibal brought a massive army to try and annihilate the forces of Rome. Hannibal did many things that made him one of the greatest generals of all time. Hannibal brought a massive army over the Alps and Pyrenees to surprise the Romans‚ he won many battles against the Roman Empire‚ and then
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Ibrahim Hannibal Ibrahim Hannibal was born in Lagon‚ northern Ethiopia. He was born in 1697 and died on May 14‚ 1781 in Suida‚ or present-day Leningrad Oblast. He was the son of an Ethiopian prince and was taken hostage by the Arab slave traders. He was then shipped to Moscow in 1706 where he was sold into slavery and Tsar Peter (a.k.a. Peter the Great) and his wife (Christina Queen of Poland) adopted him. They got him baptized when he was eight years old and instead of treating Hannibal like
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