Hannibal (1960)
Director: Edgar U. Ulmer
Starring: Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Gabriele Ferzetti, Milly Vitale
Country: U.S.-Italian
Hannibal and his elephants cross over the Alps and into Rome.
-264 Appius Claudius Pulcher defeats Hiero of Syracuse at Messana
-256 the Roman fleet defeats Carthaginians at Ecnomus
-255 Regulus, attacking Carthage, is captured by Xanthippus the Spartan
-250 unsuccessful siege of Lilybaeum by Romans
-246 Hamilcar Barca takes command of Carthaginian forces in Sicily
-241 Hamilcar makes peace with Rome
-246 Hannibal, Carthaginian general born
Second Punic War (-219 to -201)
-218 Hannibal crosses the Alps (Little St. Bernard Pass), invades Italy from the north, takes
Turin, and defeats Publius Cornelius Scipio at Ticinus River
-217 Hannibal defeats Romans at Lake Trasimene
-217 Rome appoints Quintus Fabius Maximus dictator
-216 Romans defeated at Cannae, with about 50,000 killed
BATTLE OF CANNAE, 216 B.C.
The Second Punic War broke out between Carthage and Rome in Spain in 218 B.C. Hannibal led a mixed force of Carthaginians, Numidians, Spaniards and Gauls. He took his forces over the Alps. He march down to southern Italy in order to get some of the supplies stored there in a vast granary.
Hannibal had 40,000 men and 10,000 cavalry. The Romans had 86,000 men.
Hannibal performed his finest tactics in his life here, using a double envelopment. As many as 70,000 Romans may have perished. Hannibal remained in Italy for another 13 years. He was finally summoned to Carthage to combat a Roman invasion.
-216 Philip V of Macedon makes alliance with Hannibal
-215 Roman armies in Spain under Publius Cornelius and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio
-211 Rome defeated
-212 Romans under Macus Claudius Marcellus conquer & sack Syracuse; Archimedes killed during fighting
-211 "Hannibal ante portas!" the Carthaginians before Rome
-207 After the defeat of his brother Hasdrubal on the Metaurus, Hannibal retires to s. Italy
-202 Scipio Africanus decisively defeats Hannibal at Zama
-201 end of Second Punic War
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-195 Hannibal flees to Antiochus III of Syria
-192 Antiochus III, aided by Hannibal, lands in Greece
-192 war between Sparta and Rome
-191 Antiochus defeated by the Romans at Thermopylae
190 Antiochus defeated by Romans at Magnesia
-189 Hannibal defeated by Rhodian fleet at Eurymedon River
-182 Hannibal commits suicide in exile to avoid extradition by Rome
Third Punic War (-149 to -146)
-147 Roman forces destroy Corinth; Romans destroy Carthage: of 500,000 inhabitants only 50,000 remain alive; sold into slavery
-147 Greece comes under Roman control
-146 the Roman Empire consists of 7 provinces: Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, the two Spains, Gallia Transalpina, Africa, & Macedonia
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