| 247? | Hannibal Barca is born, first son of Hamilcar Barca. Early Life |
| 238 |
Hamilcar Barca has his son Hannibal swear eternal enmity to Rome |
| 237? | 237?: Hannibal (age 9?)accompanies his father, Hamilcar Barca, and his brothers and brother-in-law on the Carthaginian expedition for new lands in Spain. |
| 235 | Birth of Scipio (later 'Africanus'). |
| 231 | Roman emissaries are sent to meet with Hamilcar Barca, the Carthaginian, in Spain. |
| 229/230 | Hamilcar Barca dies. Hasdrubal succeeds Hamilcar in Spain |
| 229-222 | Hannibal (age 18 to 25) was the chief agent in carrying out the plans by which his brother-in-law Hasdrubal extended and consolidated the Carthaginian dominion on the Iberian Peninsula. |
| 226 | Treaty defining river Iberus (Ebro) as border of influence between Rome and Carthage |
| 221 | Command in Spain Hasdrubal (Hamilcar Barca's son-in-law) - is assassinated & Hannibal, the youngest son of Hamilcar Barca is elected by the troops to lead them. |
| 220 | People of Sagunto (Spain) appeal to Rome for protection under Ebro River treaty against interference from the Barcas. |
| 219 | Hannibal Attacks Saguntum (Spring) and captures it (November?) after a siege of eight months. This breaks Ebro River treaty, provoking the Second Punic War. Hannibal Prepares for War |
| 218 | Second Punic War (218-201) - Hannibal's War begins Rome declares war . Hannibal Crosses the Ebro| Hannibal Marches into Gaul crossing the Rhone (August?) | Hannibal Crosses the Alps in 14 days with elephants(October) Hannibal arrives in Italy and defeats P. Cornelius Scipio at River Ticinus; defeats Sempronius Longus at Trebbia River (December?) |
| 217 | The
road to Trasimeno. | Roman disaster at Lake Trasimeno in central Italy, Hannibal defeats Romans led by Flaminius; 15,000 Romans killed. | After Trasimeno | Hannibal winters at Gerontium. The road to Cannae |
| 216 | Hannibal defeats Roman consuls at Cannae; Paulus and 50,000 Romans killed. Reaction of Rome .Revolts in central Italy against Rome - Silva Litani -. Capua defects to Hannibal Hannibal fails to take Neapolis (Naples); winters at Capua. Hannibal After Cannae in Italy |
| 215 | Hannibal in southern Italy: many Greek cities joined Hannibal. Alliance of Carthage with Philip V of Macedonia allies with Carthage. - Hasdrubal defeated at Dertosa. - Patavium (Padua) comes under Roman supremacy- Hiero II dies: Syracuse switches allegiance from Rome to Carthage |
| 214 | Hannibal moves South Roman general M. Claudius Marcellus besieges Syracuse, which is allied with Carthage. The siege fails and the blockade begins. |
| 213 | Casilinum and Arpi recovered by the Romans | Campaign of 213 |
| 212 | Hannibal
takes Tarentum (Romans kept its citadel) | Herdonea
| Most places in Samnium & Apulia recovered by the Romans Roman siege of Syracuse led by Marcellus. Siege of Capua |
| 211 | Syracuse is captured by Rome, through an act of treason: Archimedes is killed. Defeat of the Scipios in Spain. Fall of Capua despite Hannibal's desperate efforts and march to Rome |
| 210 |
Battles of Numistro and Herdonea.
12 out of 30 Latin colonies refused contingents to Rome. Fall of Agrigentum. Scipio the Elder assumes command in Spain. |
| 209 | Battle of Canusium | Cato (later the Censor) captures Tarentum. Scipio takes New Carthage. |
| 208 | M. Claudius
Marcellus dies at Venusia. Scipio defeats Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal at Baecula, in north Andalusia. He succeeds in escaping towards the Pyrenees. |
| 207 | Hannibal’s brother Hasbrubal arrives in Italy. He is beaten and killed at the Metaurus River by the troops led by the two consuls, and his head is catapulted into Hannibal’s camp - Hannibal flees to Bruttium where he stays for four years. |
| 206 | After
Metaurus - Rome's consuls keep Hannibal pinned in Bruttium. Battle of Ilipa near Seville - Scipio against Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisgo. Scipio destroys the last Carthaginian forces in Spain. |
| 205 | Scipio elected consul and moves to Sicily. Mago sails to Liguria |
| 204 | Mago
is defeated in northern Italy attempting to reinforce Hannibal Scipio leads the invasion of Africa with 30,000 men - Cato the Elder quaestor in Sicily |
| 203 | Scipio’s surprise attack on Carthage's Numidian ally Syphax and Hasdrubal Gisgo at Bagradas Plains - Syphax is defeated and captured in the battle of Cirta against Masinissa and Laelius - Hannibal is recalled to Africa from Italy to Carthage to repel the Roman invasion - Mago defeated in Gaul. |
| 202 | Carthaginans attack on Roman convoy which has run aground re-opens the war | Hannibal Returns to Africa | Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal Zama /Naragara (autumn?) | Carthage surrenders |
| 201 | War Against Hannibal ends. - Peace granted to Carthage at the cost of Spain. Massinissa beecomes King of Numidia |
| 200-196 | Hannibal elected as Shophet in Carthage and restores order. |
| 195 | Hannibal exiled, joins Antiochus III, king of Syria Masinissa starts raids on Carthaginian territory. |
| 191 | Rome rejects Carthaginian offer to pay off remainder of indemnity |
| 190 | Antiochus is defeated in the Battle of Magnesia - Hannibal is on the run |
| ? | Hannibal and Scipio at Ephesus | |
| 189? | Hannibal in Armenia? |
| 185? | Hannibal's final hiding place: the court of Prusias II, king of Bithynia |
| 182/3? |
Hannibal
kills himself to avoid surrendering to Rome while at Libyssa. |
Personality | Hannibal and the Punic Wars | Hannibal - Jona Lendering | Hannibal ad portas | Norman Schwartzkopf and Hannibal | The Heroism of Hannibal - Adil Bagirov | Hannibal and Freud | Hannibal - Military Genius | Hannibal - Nepos | Hannibal's Tomb | Hannibal's Family | The Character of Hannibal (Polybius) | The Final Word |
Excellent site by Jona Lendering: http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hannibal/hannibal.html
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