Hannibal247 B.C.E. –182 B.C.E.

The Battle of Cannae “was a supreme example of generalship, never bettered in history… and it set the lines of military tactics for 2,000 years”

—Will Durant

AMELIA COSTIGANLIS 232-0Dr. Katherine Shelton

Hannibal

A Carthaginian General born in 247 B.C.E. and an enemy of Rome

During the Second Punic War, he led his army from Spain to Italy in a risky move across the Alps for a surprise attack

Brilliant Strategist and one of the most talented tacticians in history

He won the battles but did not win the war.

How did Hannibal Almost Defeat Rome?Or what we can learn from Hannibal today

Efficient intelligence system

Strategy: Planned daring military operations never seen before. Improvised and changed tactics on the battlefield. Also good at tactics.

Leadership: Brilliant at motivating troops that were

mainly mercenary soldiers not loyal to Carthage

Exploitation: exploited the weaknesses of the

opposing army and specifically the weakness of the

commander

Bold

The Cannae Model

The Battle of Cannae (216 B.C.E.) was the archetypal battle of annihilation

Hannibal invented the Double Envelopement Strategy or Pincer movement taught at military schools today.

A. attacking the front and back simultaneously by

using the element of surprise or a trap

Sources• Green, Robert.(1996). Hannibal. New York: Franklin Watts, A Division of Grolier

Publishing.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae

• The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. Available from: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/Hannibal.html

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• Biography from Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography (2000, Copyright Helicon Publishing Limited 2000. Available from:http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.jerome.stjohns.edu:81/hww/results/getResults.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.21