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Hannibal is defeated at Carthage.
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Hannibal's Forces make it to Rome. They are eventually forced back and forced to retreat.
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Hannibal crosses the Alps with more than 200,000 men and animals. 108 war elephants go in, about 90 come out. Hannibal also wins more than 15 battles, at least one dozen of which are considered important.
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PICTURE
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Hannibal is promoted to general in 221 B.C.
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Hannibal's uncle is assasinated in 224 B.C.
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Hannibal's father takes him to Spain, where they live for several years.
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Hannibal was born in 247 B.C.
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Hannibal commits suicide in October 183 B.C. (rather than being captured (again) by Romans) at 64 years old.
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Hannibal's father dies in February 229. Hannibal's uncle takes him in.
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Hannibal starts the 2nd Punic War in 219 B.C. by attacking a Roman-allied city.
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Note: This is B.C. and, the dates are reversed. This program would not allow me to put B.C. in, or have 183 (B.C.) after 247. The dates are all REVERSED.
Hannibal was one of the greatest military minds in all of history. -
Hannibal's forces (from Carthage) fight legions of Rome for land.
Note: Dates are REVERSED
