Hannibal died in 183 BCE in Gebze, aged about 64. A Carthaginian general and one of the greatest military commanders of antiquity, Hannibal was the son of Hamilcar Barca and, according to Roman tradition, swore as a boy to be an enemy of Rome. At the outbreak of the Second Punic War he marched an army with elephants from Spain across the Pyrenees and the Alps into Italy. He inflicted crushing defeats on the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimene and Cannae, but he could not take Rome itself and eventually lost the support of his allies. He was called home to Africa and defeated by Scipio at Zama. He later served other rulers in exile and killed himself with poison to avoid capture by the Romans.
Before and after
- from 200 BCE to 197 BCESecond Macedonian War
- 196 BCERosetta Stone
- from 192 BCE to 188 BCERoman–Seleucid War
- 190 BCEBirth of Hipparchus
- 183 BCEDeath of Hannibal
- from 180 BCE to 10 CEIndo-Greek Kingdoms
- 2nd century BCEWinged Victory of Samothrace
- from 171 BCE to 168 BCEThird Macedonian War
- 167 BCERise of Maccabees
More in Wars, politics & history
- 587 BCENebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem and the First Temple
- from 218 BCE to 201 BCESecond Punic War
- 203 BCEScipio defeats Hannibal at Zama
- 43 CERome invades Britain
- 293 CEDiocletian establishes the Tetrarchy
- 17 January 395 CEThe Roman Empire is permanently divided
The era
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