Doe's anyone else know who Hannibal Barca was? (Not Lecter)?

Answer 1

Ya, he's the one famous for bringing an invasion army complete with war elephants across the Alps--no small feat, considering he had to get the whole mess from North Africa, across the Straits of Gibralter, and into Spain, thru France, and then into Italy.

He was the son of Hamilcar Barca, also a renowned general who made war against Rome a generation before in the First Punic War [I think that's right!]

PS: Bronwen--just caught the comment about '" who are interested in the history of elephants.' Groan....

Answer 2

If he's the Hannibal I saw on the history channel then you might be talking about the Hannibal that was a GREAT military leader way way back when who fought against the entire Roman empire with just a small band of commited soldiers on his side and the disapproval of his own country. He was a great tactical maneuverist. I think, I'm not sure, that his small army was finally defeated by a man named Scipio (or something like that) because of the betrayal of his country. (In fact, he was fighting because his country had asked his help to save them but refused to help him out in anyway) Anyway, he survived this failure but never really recuperated his army and so he'd work as a volunteer general for any army that needed him to fight against the romans. Eventually he was captured, but he killed himself before he could be taken in. Is that the one you meant?

Answer 3

Yes, he was the famous general from Carthage who fought against the Roman Empire. He is remembered now only by those who study Roman history, or Latin, or those who are interested in the history of elephants ;)

Answer 4

When things got sticky over the Alps, I heard that he ate his elephants with a nice Cianti and some fried kidney beens.