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January(?) 1(?), 247 B.C. - Carthage, Tunisia - Hannibal Barca is born
August(?) 1(?), 237 B.C. - Gades (Cádiz, SW Spain) - Hamilcar Barca (and 9-year-old son Hannibal) land at Gades in the summer of 237 B.C.
January(?) 1(?), 236 B.C. - Peñiscola, Valencia, Iberia - 10-year-old Hannibal takes an oath to his father: "I swear so soon as age will permit...I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome"
January(?) 1(?), 235 B.C.(?) - Carthage, Tunisia - Sent back to Carthage to continue his education
January(?) 1(?), 228 B.C. - W. of Toledo, Iberia - Witnesses the death of his father, Hamilcar Barca, by drowning in battle. 18-year-old Hannibal becomes an officer under Hamilcar's successor, Hasdrubal the Fair (his brother-in-law) =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 224 B.C. - Carthago Nova (Cartagena, Spain) - At the age of 25 he becomes commander of Hasdrubal's cavalry in the field
January(?) 1(?), 221 B.C. - Carthago Nova - 26-year-old Hannibal is elected Chief Commander of the army in Hispania after Hasdrubal is killed by an assassin
June(?) 1(?), 221 B.C. - Carteia (Between Gibraltar and Algeciras) - Lays siege to Carteia
September(?) 1(?), 221 B.C. - Alithia (Central-Eastern Spain) - Attacks and storms the Olcades' strongest center, Alithia, which surrenders
January(?) 1(?), 220 B.C. - Central Spain - Battle of the River Tagus against the Carpetani - Carthaginian victory
December(?) 1(?), 220 B.C. - Carthago Nova (Cartagena, Spain) - Retires to Cartagena to winter. Sends embassies to the Padane Gauls (gallic tribes in the Po Valley, Northern Italy)
January(?) 1(?), 219 B.C. - Helmantica (Salamanca) | Arbucala (Toro), Northern central Spain - Storms the Vaccaen strongholds of Helmantica and Arbucala
May 1(?), 219 B.C. - Saguntum (Sagunto, Valencia, Spain) - Hannibal lays siege to Saguntum
December 1(?), 219 B.C. - Saguntum - The last defences of Saguntum are overrun by the Carthaginians. Hannibal sells all the inhabitants as slaves and distributes the booty from the sacking of the city to his soldiers
January(?) 1(?), 218 B.C. - Carthago Nova - Returns to Carthago Nova for the winter of 219-218 B.C.
May 30, 218 B.C. - Carthago Nova - Hannibal sets out to the Alps with 82,000 heavy infantry, 12,000 cavalry and 37 elephants
July 15, 218 B.C. - Ebro River, Spain - Hannibal crosses Ebro River
July 25(?), 218 B.C. - Catalonia - Spends July and August subduing the peoples living in Catalonia. He leaves Hanno with 11,000 soldiers there. 10,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry are sent back to Carthago Nova
August(?) 1(?), 218 B.C. - Col de la Perche, Pyrenees, France - Hannibal crosses the Pyrenees at Col de la Perche
September 15, 218 B.C. - Illiberis (Elne), near Perpignan, SW France - Hannibal's army columns reunites and encamps at Illiberis with 50,000 heavy infantry and 9,000 cavalry
September 27, 218 B.C. - Pont St.Esprit, Rhône River, France - Hannibal camps at Roquemaure, on the western shore of the Rhône River. The Carthaginian army crosses the River in 3 days, 40km north of Roquemaure, at Pont St.Esprit
October 17, 218 B.C. - Col du Petit Saint-Bernard, French Alps - Hannibal begins the crossing of the Alps at Col du Petit Saint-Bernard
November 1, 218 B.C. - Ivrea, Piedmont, NW Italy - The Carthaginian army reaches the "foot of the Alps" after 15 days crossing
November 15(?), 218 B.C. - Turin, Italy - Hannibal captures Turin
November 30(?), 218 B.C. - Ticino River, Northern Italy - Hannibal runs across Scipio (father) and his cavalry - Battle of Ticinus - Carthaginian victory
December 22, 218 B.C. - Trebia River, near Placentia, Northern Italy - Battle of the Trebia - Carthaginian victory
January(?) 1(?), 217 B.C. - Alessandria, Piedmont - Winter near Alessandria
April 1(?), 217 B.C. - Around Arretium (Arezzo, Italy) - Hannibal decides to find a more reliable base of operations farther south
June 21, 217 B.C. - Near Passignano, Lake Trasimene, Central Italy - Battle of Lake Trasimene - Carthaginian victory (25,000 romans killed or captured). The road to Rome was open
September 1(?), 217 B.C. - Mount Callicula, Campania, Italy - Battle of Ager Falernus - Carthaginian victory
October(?) 1(?), 217 B.C. - Geronium, Molise, Italy - Battle of Geronium - Carthaginian victory
June 1(?), 217 B.C. - Geronium - Hannibal and the Carthaginian Army begin their march to Cannae
August 2, 216 B.C. - Cannae, Apulia, SE Italy - Battle of Cannae - Catastrophic defeat for the Romans: +50,000 killed. The city of Capua defects to Hannibal
December(?) 1(?), 216 B.C. - Capua, 25km N. of Naples, Italy - Hannibal goes into winter quarters in Capua and makes it his new base
August 1(?), 215 B.C. - Capua - Conducts campaigns against Nola and Casilinum from Capua
December(?) 1(?), 215 B.C. - Arpi, Apulia, Italy (N. of Foggia) - Goes into winter quarters at Arpi
August(?) 1(?), 214 B.C. - Beneventum (Benevento, Campania) - Battle of Beneventum - Roman victory
December(?) 1(?), 214 B.C. - Salapia, Apulia (between Cerignola and Manfredonia) - Goes into winter quarters at Salapi. The romans recapture Casilinum
August(?) 1(?), 213 B.C. - 80km from Tarantum (Taranto, SE Italy) - Hannibal establishes camp 80km from Tarantum during the Summer
March 1(?), 212 B.C. - Tarantum (Taranto, SE Italy) - Hannibal captures Tarantum in a surprise attack but fails to obtain control of the citadel, which commanded its harbour
August(?) 1(?), 212 B.C. - Capua - First battle of Capua - Carthaginian victory
October(?) 1(?), 212 B.C. - Silarus (Sele) River, Italy - Battle of the Silarus - Carthaginian victory (15,000 romans killed)
November(?) 1(?), 212 B.C. - Herdonia (Ordona, Foggia) - First Battle of Herdonia - Carthaginian victory (16,000 romans killed)
December(?) 1(?), 212 B.C. - Tarantum (Taranto, SE Italy) - Winter quarters at Tarantum
April(?) 1(?), 211 B.C. - While in Tarantum - Hannibal fails to relieve the besieged Capua and the city falls to the romans
December(?) 1(?), 211 B.C. - Tarantum - Winter quarters at Tarantum
June(?) 1(?), 210 B.C. - Herdonia - Second Battle of Herdonia - Carthaginian victory
December(?) 1(?), 210 B.C. - Tarantum - Winter quarters at Tarantum
April(?) 1(?), 209 B.C. - Canusium (Canosia di Puglia, Apulia) - Battle of Asculum - Carthaginian Victory
May(?) 1(?), 209 B.C. - While in Caulonia (Monasterace, Reggio Calabria) - The romans sack Tarantum while Hannibal destroys a 8,000 strong roman detachment at Caulonia
August(?) 1(?), 208 B.C. - Petelia, Calabria - Battle of Petelia - Carthaginian victory
December(?) 1(?), 208 B.C. - Metapontum (Metaponto, 40km from Taranto) - Winter quarters at Metapontum
April(?) 1(?), 207 B.C. - Grumentum (Gromento Nova, S. of Potenza) - Battle of Grumentum - Minor roman victory
June 23, 207 B.C. - While in Apulia - Hasdrubal Barca is defeated and killed in the battle of the Metaurus. Hannibal decides to withraw to Calabria
July(?) 1(?), 207 B.C. - Bruttium (Calabria) - Withraws to Brutium (Calabria) after learning of Hasdrubal Barca's defeat and death in the battle of the Metaurus
June(?) 1(?), 206 B.C. - Vicinity of Locri, Calabria - Scipio Africanus takes Locri from the Carthaginians. Hannibal is forced to withraw
December(?) 1(?), 205 B.C. - Crotone, Calabria - Winter quarters at Crotone
August(?) 1(?), 204 B.C. - Crotone - Battle of Crotona - inconclusive
December(?) 1(?), 204 B.C. - Crotone - Recalled to Carthage to direct the defence against a roman invasion under Scipio Africanus. Rome was free of her worst enemy
October(?) 1(?), 203 B.C. - Leptis Parva, Tunisia - Lands at Leptis Parva with 24,000 men
December(?) 1(?), 203 B.C. - Hadrumetum (Sousse, Tunisia) - Winters at Hadrumetum
October 18(?), 202 B.C. - Zama, Carthage (Siliana, Tunisia) - Peace conference with Scipio Africanus
October 19, 202 B.C. - Zama - Battle of Zama - Decisive Roman victory
January(?) 1(?), 196 B.C. - Carthage - Hannibal is elected shophet(*) of the republic of Carthage. (*) Community leader of chief magistrate
January(?) 1(?), 195 B.C. - Carthage - A Roman embassy arrives in Carthage and demands the surrender of Hannibal as a war criminal. He flees from Carthage to the Seleucid Court, via Tyre and Antioch
January(?) 1(?), 190 B.C. - Ephesus (SW of Selçuk, Turkey) - King Antiochus III gives Hannibal his first military command since arriving at his court 5 years earlier. His orders were to travel to Cilicia (SE Turkey) and supervise the construction of a war fleet there =(changeflag)
August 1(?), 190 B.C. - Off Side, Southern Turkey - Battle of the Eurymedon - Rhodian victory
January(?) 1(?), 182 B.C. - Libyssa, near Nicomedia (Izmit, NW Turkey) - Hannibal Barca commits suicide by poisoning, so as not to fall in the hands of T. Quinctius Flamininus, aged 64-66 =(END)
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