The Rise of Hannibal
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Rise of Hannibal
Hannibal was born in the mid third century b c, roughly 70 years after the death of alexander the great. It's still the early stages of the hellenistic period, but it 's a time when turmoil had seized the western on. The romans and th carthaginians were in the middle of a very long war, the first punic war, which started in 264 b c. Hannibal is born towards the end of that war, probably around two four seven b c. And his father is the prominent commander in the carthaginian overseas theatre, fighting against the romans in sicily. So hannibal's life for his first few
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