Hannibal (Carthaginian general)

E11810

Carthaginian general human military commander politician statesman

Hannibal was a renowned Carthaginian military commander of the Second Punic War, best known for leading his army, including war elephants, across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hannibal	13
Hannibal Barca	31
HANNIBAL	1
Hamilcar Barca (as military mentor)	1
Hannibal Barca – general	1
Hannibal of Carthage	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Carthaginian general ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
advisorTo	Antiochus III the Great ⓘ Prusias I of Bithynia ⓘ
allegiance	Carthage ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian Republic
birthPlace	Carthage ⓘ
campaignTheater	Alps ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Italian Peninsula ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
conflict	First Macedonian War (as ally of Philip V of Macedon) ⓘ Second Punic War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Carthage ⓘ
culture	Punic ⓘ
deathCause	suicide by poison ⓘ
deathPlace	Bithynia ⓘ near Libyssa (in modern Turkey) ⓘ
describedIn	Appian’s Roman History ⓘ Livy ⓘ surface form: Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ Polybius’ Histories ⓘ
era	2nd century BC ⓘ 3rd century BC ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Carthaginian ⓘ
familyName	Barca ⓘ
father	Hamilcar Barca ⓘ
fullName	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hannibal Barca
givenName	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) self-link ⓘ surface form: Hannibal
influenced	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ surface form: Duke of Wellington Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ Roman military doctrine ⓘ modern military strategy ⓘ
knownFor	crossing the Alps with war elephants ⓘ defeating several Roman armies in Italy ⓘ leading Carthaginian forces in the Second Punic War ⓘ tactical victory at the Battle of Cannae ⓘ use of double‑envelopment tactics ⓘ
languageSpoken	Greeks ⓘ surface form: Greek Latin (at least to some extent) ⓘ Phoenician language ⓘ surface form: Punic language
legacy	considered one of the greatest military commanders in history ⓘ symbol of resistance to Rome ⓘ
militaryBranch	Carthaginian army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ strategos autokrator ⓘ
name	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) self-link ⓘ surface form: Hannibal
nativeLanguage	Phoenician language ⓘ surface form: Punic language
notableBattle	Battle of Cannae ⓘ Battle of Lake Trasimene ⓘ Battle of Zama ⓘ surface form: Battle of Zama (as Carthaginian commander) Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ Battle of the Ticinus ⓘ Battle of Trebia ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Trebia
notableStudentOf	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hamilcar Barca (as military mentor)
notableWork	Battle of Cannae ⓘ Battle of Lake Trasimene ⓘ Battle of Trebia ⓘ Battle of the Metaurus (as opposing commander) ⓘ Col du Mont Cenis ⓘ surface form: Crossing of the Alps Second Punic War ⓘ surface form: Second Punic War campaigns in Italy
opponent	Gaius Terentius Varro ⓘ Lucius Aemilius Paullus ⓘ Scipio Africanus ⓘ surface form: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
positionHeld	Carthaginian naval planner (in later career) ⓘ military commander in chief of Carthaginian forces in Spain ⓘ suffete of Carthage ⓘ
religion	Punic polytheism ⓘ
residence	Bithynia ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Qart Hadasht (Carthago Nova, in Iberia) ⓘ court of Antiochus III in the Seleucid Empire ⓘ various Italian cities under Carthaginian control ⓘ
sibling	Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ Mago Barca ⓘ
strategicGoal	to break Roman power in the western Mediterranean ⓘ to detach Rome’s Italian allies ⓘ
usedMilitaryAnimal	cavalry horses ⓘ war elephant ⓘ
usedMilitaryFormation	ambush ⓘ double envelopment ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prusias I of Bithynia → usedCommander → Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hannibal Barca