1. Hannibal: Life after the Second Punic War
Presented by Angelo Tamayo

2. The End of the Second Punic War
Hannibal blamed for the consequences of the Second Punic War:
Heavy war repayments
Surrender of all territory except the city of Carthage
Surrender of war fleet and elephants
Carthage unable to wage
war without the
consent of Rome

3. Hannibal the Politician
Allowed to stay in Carthage
Elected a suffete in 197
Fixed up the economy
Attempted to abolish Carthaginian oligarchy and attempted to introduce democratic reforms
Accused of conspiring with King Antiochus III of Syria against Rome and went into voluntary exile

4. Exiled
Fled to Antiochus III at Ephesus to organise an invasion of Italy
Granted a minor naval command
Lost to Rhodes in naval combat at Magnesia in 189
Fled to Armenia, then Crete

6. His Death Then to King Prusias at Bithynia
Granted admiralship of the navy and helped to defeat King Eumenes of Pergamum’s fleet in 184
Rome demands the arrest of Hannibal
Hannibal poisoned himself in his home at Libyssa at about 183

8. The Destruction of Carthage (149-146BC)
After Hannibal’s exile in 196,
Carthage focused on reviving its
commerce
Rome was already scared of a reincarnation or the likes of Hannibal
Numidians were taking advantage of the weakened state Carthage and “hit and running”
Rome rejected Carthage’s pleas for help

9. Cato the Elder A military tribune in the Punic Wars
Went to Carthage to investigate these frontier violations
Returned to Rome even more alarmed at the apparent wealth of the city
“Carthago delenda est”

10. The Consequences Finally Carthage retaliated and suffered a loss
This gave Rome a valid reason to intervene
Carthage attempted to appease Rome
Surrendered some hostages
Surrender of engines and arms of war
The Romans then told them to abandon their city and settle somewhere at least 10 miles from the seacoast.
Carthage refused

11. The Sacking of Carthage
Believed that Carthage
couldn't be defeated
without a Scipio in command
Makeshift weapons
Held the city for three years against Scipio Aemilianus
Tens of thousands of people sold into slavery
The city apparently burned for 17 days
The site was declared accursed
Fields sowed with salt so that nothing could grow there

12. The Primary Sources
No Carthaginian records of Hannibal’s life, only Roman and Greek
Polybius enslaved by the Romans
Titus Livius (Livy) was a Roman by birth
Records only pertain to his public life
Livy
Polybius

13. Polybius
Livy
Fond of money to a smaller degree than publicised
Loved by his men and yet inhumanly cruel
Could unite diverse forces under one authority and command
Lay on the hard ground with his men and dressed alike them
Cruelty was a necessity
First to enter battle and last to leave it
Brave and daring
No toil could exhaust his body or overcome his spirit
A true leader: working and fighting with his men
Liar with no sanctity nor fear of the gods

14. Brave, confident, temperate, patient, praised for sobriety
Hannibal…
Released prisoners (even if for political reasons)
Treated the bodies of the fallen respectfully
Gave Paullus (one of the generals in Cannae) a dignified funeral
Brave, confident, temperate, patient, praised for sobriety
Described as treacherous

15. Impact Almost singularly brought Rome to the brink of destruction
Estimated 400 towns destroyed
and over 500,000 Romans killed
Instigated fear in the Romans for centuries to come
He is belittled by the Romans in later centuries and merely seen as an “enemy of Rome”
Influenced great modern military commanders such as Napoleon
Is debated by many to be the greatest generals of all time

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Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006)
Excel HSC Ancient History Book 2 Chapter 5
Boak and Sinnigen A History of Rome to AD. 565 Chapter 8, 9, 10