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Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal

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Cornelius Nepos

Chronology of Hannibal′s Life

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Date

Event

Nepos

ca. 247 BC

Birth of Hannibal. Hamilcar fights the Romans in Sicily.

241

Rome defeats Carthaginian fleet at Aegates Islands.
Carthage sues for peace, ending the First Punic War.

241‒237

Mercenary or Truceless War. Hamilcar leads the loyal resistance.

237

Hannibal joins his father, Hamilcar, on campaign in Hispania.

Ch. 2

229

Hamilcar killed in battle. His son‒in‒law Hasdrubal the Fair assumes command of Carthaginian forces in Hispania. Romans active in Illyria.

Ch. 3.1

225

Romans sign Ebro treaty with Hasdrubal.

224‒222

Romans pacify the Gallic tribes of northern Italy.

221

Hasdrubal the Fair assassinated. Hannibal proclaimed as leader of Carthaginian forces in Hispania. Philip V ascends to Macedonian throne.

220

Hannibal′s campaign against Vaccaei worries Romans. Romans demand that he respect Ebro treay. Construction of the Via Flaminia, which improved transportation from Rome to northern Italy and Illyria.

219

Saguntum besieged and captured by Carthaginians, leading to outbreak of Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome. Rome embroiled in Second Illyrian War.

Date

Event

Nepos

218

Hannibal leads army across Alps into Italy. Romans defeated at Ticinus and Trebia. Carthaginian fleet raids Italy.

Ch. 3.4 Ch. 4

217

Roman army destroyed at Trasimene. Fabius Maximus elected dictator. Gnaeus and Publius Scipio win victories in Hispania. Hannibal nearly destroys the army of Minucius Rufus at Gerontium. Hannibal eludes Fabius in the Ager Falernus. Servilius raids Africa.

Ch. 5

216

Two Roman armies annihilated at Cannae. Another is destroyed in Gaul. Capua and many regions of southern Italy defect to Hannibal. Hannibal repulsed from Nola. Furius raids Africa.

215

Hannibal′s repeated attempts to take Nola are repulsed (215‒214). He captures Casilinum. Bomilcar lands Carthaginian reinforcements in southern Italy. Gnaeus and Publius Scipio defeat Hasdrubal in Hispania. Otacilius raids Africa. A Carthaginian invasion of Sicily is thwarted by an outbreak of plague. Hannibal forges an alliance with Philip V of Macedon (First Macedonian War). Romans raid Carthaginian territory in Hispania.

214

Romans recapture Casilinum. Hannibal fails to capture Tarentum. An army under his lieutenant Hanno destroyed at Beneventum. Syracuse defects to Carthage.

213

Romans raise an army of over 200,000 men. They besiege Syracuse. Carthage attempts to reinforce Syracuse. Romans recapture Saguntum.

212

Hannibal captures Tarentum and other cities in southern Italy. Roman army defeated at Silarus. Romans under Marcellus capture Syracuse. Capua besieged by Romans. Major battles at Lucania and Herdonea in Italy.

211

Hannibal advances on Rome but is unable to capture city. Capua falls to Romans. In Hispania, Hasdrubal routs the armies of Gnaeus and Publius Scipio in the battles of the Upper Baetis. Major battles at Volturnus and Anio in Italy. Rome forges alliance with Aetolian League in Greece.

210

Roman army destroyed at Herdonea. Scipio Africanus, aged 25, appointed leader of Roman forces in Hispania. Battles of Numistro and Venusia in Italy. Roman completes re‒conquest of Sicily. Rome resumes raids in Africa.

Date

Event

Nepos

209

Twelve Latin cities refuse to supply troops to Rome. Fabius recaptures Tarentum. Battle of Canusium. Scipio captures New Carthage. Philip defeats Aetolians at Lamia. Carthaginian fleet operates in Greek waters.

208

Consuls Claudius Marcellus and Quinctius Crispinus ambushed and killed. Scipio defeats Hasdrubal at Baecula. Hasdrubal moves into Italy. Romans begin raiding African coast. Carthaginian fleet abandons Greece; another fleet defeated off Africa.

207

Attempt to reinforce Hannibal by land fails when Hasdrubal is killed at Metaurus. Hannibal retreats into far southern Italy.

206

Scipio annihilates a Carthaginian army at Ilipa, completing the conquest of Hispania. Romans campaign in Bruttium. Philip makes peace with Aetolians.

205

Romans capture Locri. Philip V of Macedon negotiates a separate peace with Rome (Peace of Phoenike). Mago campaigns in northern Italy. Scipio elected consul.

204

Continuing operations in Bruttium. Scipio begins offensive operations in northern Africa, besieges Utica, burns Carthaginian camp.

203

Mago defeated in northern Italy; dies on route to Carthage. Carthaginians defeated at Great Plains in Africa. After Battle of Croton, Carthage sues for peace and Hannibal is recalled to Africa.

202

Hannibal defeated at Battle of Zama by Scipio.

Ch. 6.3‒4

201

Uneasy peace sworn between Rome and Carthage.

Ch. 7.1‒5

196

Hannibal elected to head Carthaginian government.

195‒194

Hannibal flees to Crete and then to the court of King Antiochus III in Syria.

Ch. 7.6, Ch. 8.4

191‒190

Romans defeat Antiochus at Thermopylae and Magnesia. Hannibal defeated in the Battle of Eurymedon. Hannibal flees to the court of King Prusias of Bithynia.

Ch. 9‒11

ca. 183

Hannibal commits suicide in Bithynia. Death of Scipio Africanus.

Ch. 12

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