which is strategy that Hannibal used to escape from his arch enemy?
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For other uses, see Hannibal (disambiguation).
For the fictional horror character, see Hannibal Lecter.
Hannibal (/ˈhænɪbəl/; Punic: , brq ḥnbʿl; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded Carthage's main forces against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. He is widely considered one of the greatest military commanders in world history. His father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War. His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair; who also commanded Carthaginian armies.
Hannibal
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A marble bust, reputedly of Hannibal, originally found at the ancient city-state of Capua in Italy
Native name
Born
247 BC
Carthage
Died
183–181 BC
Libyssa
Allegiance
Carthage (221–202 BC)
Seleucid Empire (198–188 BC)
Bithynia (188–181 BC)
Rank
General Commander-in-Chief of the Carthaginian army
Wars
Barcid conquest of Hispania
Second Punic War
Battle of the Trebia
Battle of Lake Trasimene
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Zama
Roman–Seleucid War
Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC)
Pergamese–Bithynian War
Spouse(s)
Imilce
Relations
Hamilcar Barca (father)
Hasdrubal (brother)
Mago (brother)
Hasdrubal the Fair
Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the western Mediterranean Basin, triggered by the emergence of the Roman Republic as a great power after it had established its supremacy over Italy. Although Rome had won the First Punic War, revanchism prevailed in Carthage, symbolised by the alleged pledge that Hannibal made to his father never to be a friend of Rome. The Second Punic War broke out in 218 BC after Hannibal's attack on Saguntum, an ally of Rome in Hispania. He then made his famous military exploit of carrying war to Italy by crossing the Alps with his African elephants. In his first few years in Italy, he won a succession of dramatic victories at the Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae. He distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponent's respective strengths and weaknesses, and to plan battles accordingly. Hannibal's well-planned strategies allowed him to conquer several Italian cities allied to Rome. Hannibal occupied most of southern Italy for 15 years, but could not win a decisive victory, as the Romans led by Fabius Maximus avoided confrontation with him, instead waging a war of attrition. A counter-invasion of North Africa led by Scipio Africanus forced him to return to Carthage. Scipio eventually defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, having previously driven Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal out of the Iberian Peninsula.
After the war, Hannibal successfully ran for the office of sufet. He enacted political and financial reforms to enable the payment of the war indemnity imposed by Rome; however, those reforms were unpopular with members of the Carthaginian aristocracy and in Rome, and he fled into voluntary exile. During this time, he lived at the Seleucid court, where he acted as military advisor to Antiochus III the Great in his war against Rome. Antiochus met defeat at the Battle of Magnesia and was forced to accept Rome's terms, and Hannibal fled again, making a stop in the Kingdom of Armenia. His flight ended in the court of Bithynia. He was afterwards betrayed to the Romans and committed suicide by poisoning himself.
Hannibal is often regarded as one of the greatest military tacticians in history and one of the greatest generals of Mediterranean antiquity, together with Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Scipio Africanus and Pyrrhus. Plutarch states that Scipio supposedly asked Hannibal "who the greatest general was", to which Hannibal replied "either Alexander or Pyrrhus, then himself".[1] Military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge called Hannibal the "father of strategy",[2] because Roman armies adopted elements of his military tactics into their own strategic arsenal.
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Which is the Strategy that Hannibal used to escape from his his Arch enemy