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The Second Punic War began after Hannibal, then 26 years old, laid siege to the Roman-allied city of Saguntum in Spain and sacked it. Rome demanded Hannibal be sent to Rome for punishment.

The choice of Washington to play Hannibal "raises profound questions about afrocentrism, historical fidelity and the challenges of casting in the motion picture industry," the Tunisian outlet said.

Carthage, Tunisia (WHTM) In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two major powers in the Mediterranean Sea are… ...

Scipio used Hannibal’s own tactics against him, marking the end of the Second Punic War. Hannibal’s career never recovered. Hannibal took his own life in 183 BCE to avoid capture by the Romans.

His military victories during the Second Punic War are legend, and the story of Hannibal is something Hollywood has been intrigued by for decades — Vin Diesel was attached to a rival pic — and ...

In 218 BC during The Second Punic War, Hannibal led troops atop elephants over the Alps, attacking Rome from the north. Advertisement. Washington’s casting, ...

Hannibal was a brilliant Carthaginian general who led his army, including fearsome war elephants, over the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic War against Rome in the 3rd Century B.C.

Hannibal invaded Italy while riding a Northern African war elephant, as noted by Variety. Under his lead, Carthaginians won key victories against the Romans and occupied most of southern Italy for ...