Hannibal

The Romans'' destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal''s life. What we know of him comes exclusively from Roman historians who had every interest in minimizing his success, exaggerating his failures, and disparaging his character. The charges leveled against Hannibal include greed, cruelty and atrocity, sexual indulgence, and even cann...