Hannibal

Hannibal
A marble bust, appearingly o Hannibal, oreeginally foond at the auncient ceety-state o Capua in Italy (some heistorians arnae sicker anent the autenticity o the portrait).[1][2][3][4][5]
Born	247 BC
Dee'd	183, 182 or 181 BC (aged 64-66) Gebze, Turkey

Hannibal, son o Hamilcar Barca (247BC—183/182BC) wis a Punic Carthaginian militar commaunder, for ordinar conseidered ane o the greatest militar commaunders in heistory. His faither, Hamilcar Barca, wis the heidmaist Carthaginian commaunder durand the First Punic War, his yunger brithers war Mago an Hasdrubal, an he wis brither-in-law tae Hasdrubal the Fair.

1. ↑ Lancel, Serge (1995) Hannibal cover: "Roman bust of Hannibal. Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Naples"
2. ↑ Goldsworthy, Adrian (2000) The Fall of Carthage cover: "Hannibal in later life"
3. ↑ Goldsworthy, Adrian (2001) Cannae p. 24: "a bust, which may be a representation of Hannibal in later life, although there are no definite images of him"
4. ↑ Goldsworthy, Adrian (2003) The Complete Roman Army p. 41: "a bust that purports to show Hannibal in later life"
5. ↑ Matyszak, Philip (2003) Chronicle of the Roman Republic p. 95: "bust, thought to be of Hannibal, found in Capua"