Imagine building a statue of your childhood bully in recognition ... bringing his brother-in-law, Hannibal Barca, to prominence. The Second Punic War began after Hannibal, then 26 years old ...

Hannibal Barca was born in 247 BCE in Carthage, an ancient city in Northern Africa, in what is now Tunisia. His father is credited with instilling in Hannibal a hostility towards Rome, a deep ...

HANNIBAL: Rome’s Greatest Enemy. By Philip Freeman. Pegasus. 240 pages. $27.95. Hannibal Barca was an anomaly of the ancient world. A supreme strategist and tactician, he also was notable for ...