Great empires, bring along great enemies. None of Rome’s rivals came close to destroy Rome to pieces, as Hannibal did. The Carthaginian that brought war into Rome’s heart.
The ancient world expected great things from him.
He was General Amilcar Barca’s son and his Iberian wife.
Anibal grew up in an old Phoenician colony in Carthage, a powerful empire of the Iberian Peninsula.
As a child, he was mentored by a spartan called Sosilos. It is said that when he was 11 years old he promised he would forever be an enemy of Rome and would use fire and steel to break the destiny of the city.
He kept his word. In 219 b.C he conquered Sagunto, a Spanish city allied with Rome. This attack gave place to a new war between two of the most powerful empires in the world.
During Rome’s invasion, this empire lost more than 50.000 warriors. Even though Hannibal’s army had only 26.000 men.
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