2007-04-24 13:57:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
You would have to buy some fava beans and a nice Chianti... just in case he pops in for dinner.
2007-04-24 14:04:11 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Folk Lore's Hannibal marched an Army across the Alps which included Elephants. That impresses me much more than a fictional character that stars in a gory movie.
2007-04-24 22:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The great Carthaginian General Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca, was defeated in 202 BCE, 4yrs after his Alps crossing , by the Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio and 100,000 Roman troops.
Excavations of Carthage have revealed the Carthaginians practised child sacrifice. there were mass killings in times of stress and sacrifices to appease the city gods. Archaeologists estimate that between 400 & 200 BCE. 20,000 children ages infancy to 4yrs old were creamated and buried in the gods holy site.
The real thing is nastier than the fictional story with a character of the same name.
2007-04-25 00:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by capekicks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you referring to Hannibal the great general that crossed the Alps with the elephants???
HE WAS real........without doubts. Go back to your history book and classes.
That is not a myth....that is history.
2007-04-24 22:03:03 · answer #4 · answered by حلاَمبرا hallambra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since this is the Mythology and Folklore section...Hannibal was a real, historical person.
2007-04-24 21:09:12 · answer #5 · answered by meg3f 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hannibal the guy who went over alps with elephants - was real
who do you think the character was named after...
2007-04-25 12:27:24 · answer #6 · answered by alatoruk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was based off of a man, his name was albert fish i think. Anyway, he was this guy who liked like a nice grandpa type. He killed and tortured children, and ate some of there body parts. I think it was in the 1920's.
2007-04-25 00:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by waterlily 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are such things a man eating tribes in some parts or the forests of africa.
hannibalism still goes on today. but its not often you hear about thet type of thing tho.
2007-04-25 06:45:33 · answer #8 · answered by bubblez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was. Didn't he take the elephants over the alps.
If your talking about the books they were apparently based on fact.
2007-04-24 21:08:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which Hannibal????????????
2007-04-25 18:18:02 · answer #10 · answered by ringo711 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋