Chronological Overview
If you are just starting the course, then you will know nothing about the list that follows - this is what you are going to learn about in the next few lessons!
If, however, you are revising having finished the course, then you ought to be able, not only to say WHAT happened for each event, but to explain WHY and HOW it happened:
Links:
The following websites will help you complete the task:
The (two-page) livius article on Hannibal is brief/shallow, but gives a simple overview of Hannibal
The wikipedia page on Hannibal is difficult, but gives a overview of Hannibal in greater depth
| 264-241 | First Punic War |
| 237-226 | Carthaginian conquest of Spain |
| 219-218 | Siege of Saguntum |
| 218 | Hannibal’s march on Italy |
| 218 | Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps |
| Nov 218 | Battle at the River Ticinus |
| Dec 218 | Trebia |
| June 217 | Battle of Lake Trasimene |
| 217 | Quintus Fabius |
| Aug 216 | |
| 215-205 | Philip V of Macedon allies with Hannibal; the Macedonian War |
| 215-206 | The war in Spain (including the battles of Ibera, Baecula and Ilipa) |
| 212-203 | Hannibal’s later campaigns in Italy (including the siege of Capua and the Colline Gate) |
| 207 | Battle of the Metaurus River |
| 204-203 | Scipio’s campaign in Africa (including the ambush at the Tower of Agathocles, the siege of Utica and the Battle of the Great Plains) |
| Oct 202 | Battle of Zama |
| 201 | Peace Treaty: end of the 2nd Punic War. |
| 201-195 | Hannibal’s period as Suffete of Carthage up to his exile |
| 195-183 | The rest of the story of Hannibal to his death |
| 149-146 | Third Punic War |
| 148-46 | Achaean War |
Task
Use the Timeline worksheet and the 'Links' websites above to make your own brief notes on these key events of Hannibal's war.