Daily 2- Week 5

Please write a brief biography of Hannibal and explain whether or not you think his reputation (in Roman eyes) as a monster was deserved.


Hannibal was the general of the Carthaginians. He was born in 247 BCE, in Carthage. When he was born, Carthage was already about to lose the First Punic War to Rome. Rome had completely stripped Carthage from everything, and at the time Carthage was one of the wealthiest and nicest sea ports in the world. He father was a general for Carthage, and between his dads career and Carthage losing the war. This left an everlasting scar on Hannibal. Once his father died, he decided that he wanted to be apart of Carthage's military. As soon as Hannibal became the leader of the Carthage army, he decided to invade Italy and completely destroy Rome with his troops, calvary, and even elephants. I think his reputation in the Romans eyes was deserved because he completely destroyed their towns and everything they had out of no where. He even used elephants. If I were a Roman, I'd think Hannibal was a monster too.