Hannibal;
Mahaifin Hannibal, Hamilcar Barca, shi ne babban janar na Carthaginian a lokacin Yaƙin Farko na Farko. 'Yan'uwansa su ne Mago da Hasdrubal. surukinsa shine Hasdrubal the Fair, wanda ya jagoranci sauran sojojin Carthaginian. Hannibal ya rayu a lokacin babban tashin hankali a cikin Basin Bahar Rum, wanda ya haifar da fitowar Jamhuriyar Rum a matsayin babban iko tare da shan kashi na Carthage a yakin Farko na Punic. Revanchism ya yi rinjaye a cikin Carthage, alamar alƙawarin da Hannibal ya yi wa mahaifinsa na "kada ku zama abokin Roma".
A cikin 218 BC, Hannibal ya kai hari Saguntum (Sagunto na zamani, Spain), abokin tarayya na Roma, a cikin Hispania, wanda ya haifar da Yaƙin Punic na Biyu. Hannibal ya mamaye Italiya ta hanyar tsallaka tsaunukan Alps tare da giwayen yakin Arewacin Afirka. A cikin ƴan shekarunsa na farko a Italiya, a matsayinsa na shugaban rundunar Carthaginian da wani ɓangare na Celtic, ya ci nasara a jere a Yaƙin Ticinus, Trebia, Lake Trasimene, da Cannae, inda ya yi hasarar da yawa ga Romawa.
Fage da farkon aiki
Shekel kwata na Carthage, mai yiwuwa a haƙa a Spain. Ƙirar tana iya kwatanta Hannibal tare da halayen matashi Melqart. A baya yana nuna daya daga cikin shahararrun giwayen yakinsa Hannibal na ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yan Hamilcar Barca, shugaban Carthaginian, kuma mahaifiyar da ba a sani ba. Wataƙila an haife shi a birnin Carthage, wanda ke arewacin Tunisiya a yau, ɗaya daga cikin yankuna da yawa na Bahar Rum da Kan’aniyawa suka yi wa mulkin mallaka daga ƙasarsu ta Fonisiya, yankin da ya yi daidai da gaɓar tekun Bahar Rum na Lebanon da Siriya ta zamani. Akwai ka'idar da ba ta da ƙarfi cewa an haife shi a Malta, a lokacin, wani ɓangare na Carthage. Yana da ’yan’uwa mata da yawa da ba a san sunayensu ba, da ’yan’uwa biyu, Hasdrubal da Mago. Surukansa su ne Hasdrubal the Fair da Sarkin Numidia Naravas. Har yanzu yana karami lokacin da ’yan’uwansa mata suka yi aure, kuma surukansa sun kasance abokan tarayya a lokacin gwagwarmayar mahaifinsa a yakin Mercenary da cin nasarar Punic na yankin Iberian
Bayan da Carthage ta sha kashi a Yakin Farko na Punic, Hamilcar ya tashi don inganta arzikin danginsa da na Carthage. Da wannan tunani da kuma goyon bayan Gades, Hamilcar ya fara subjugation na kabilu na Iberian Peninsula (Spain na zamani da Portugal). Carthage a lokacin yana cikin mummunan hali ta yadda ba shi da sojojin ruwa da zai iya jigilar sojojinsa; A maimakon haka, Hamilcar ya yi tattaki zuwa Numidia zuwa ginshiƙan Hercules sannan ya haye mashigar Gibraltar.
Tarihinsa a soja
Abubuwan almara: a cikin dusar ƙanƙara mai dusar ƙanƙara: Hannibal da sojojinsa Ketare Alps (1812) JMW Turner ya lulluɓe hanyar Hannibal na tsaunukan cikin yanayi na soyayya. Hannibal gabaɗaya ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun dabarun soja da dabaru na kowane lokaci, rufin biyu a Cannae gadon jurewa na fasaha. A cewar Appian, shekaru da yawa bayan Yaƙin Punic na Biyu, Hannibal ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin siyasa a Masarautar Seleucid kuma Scipio ya isa can don aikin diflomasiyya daga Roma.
An ce a daya daga cikin tarukan da suka yi a dakin motsa jiki Scipio da Hannibal sun yi tattaunawa kan batun gama-gari, a gaban mutane da dama, kuma Scipio ya tambayi Hannibal wanda yake ganin babban janar, sai na karshen ya amsa da "Alexander na Makidoniya".
Don wannan Scipio ya amince tun lokacin da ya ba da wuri na farko ga Alexander. Sannan ya tambayi Hannibal wanda ya sanya a gaba, sai ya amsa da "Pyrrhus of Epirus", domin ya dauki karfin gwiwa a matsayin cancantar farko na Janar; "domin ba zai yiwu ba," in ji shi, "a sami wasu sarakuna biyu masu kasuwanci fiye da waɗannan."
