It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world ... he will stop at nothing. Hannibal explores the man behind the myth, revealing what drove the ...

The ancient Greek essayist Plutarch used ... and Carthage was forced to accept Roman sovereignty. Hannibal survived the clash ...

No shortlist of the greatest generals in history would be complete with out the name of Hannibal. This film shows ... the General who took on the might of Rome.

Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal, the former port ... simple burials reserved for lower-class ancient Romans. Cappuccina tombs were typically ...

and even to the ways in which the battle echoes to the present, such as its influence on war planning in 1914 and even later. A good read, for anyone interested in history and particularly for the ...