1. 747 B.C.E.
   247 B.C.E.
2. 347 C.E.

Hannibal was born in North Africa in 247 B.C.E. and was the son of Carthaginian General Hamilcar Barca.

1. Egypt
   Italy
2. Tunisia

Carthage is part of modern-day Tunisia and sits just across the Mediterranean from Italy.

1. Rome
   Constantinople
2. Cairo

At a young age, Hannibal swore to destroy the Roman empire and its capital city of Rome. He dedicated his entire life to this task.

1. 16
   26
2. 36

Hannibal was just 26 years old when he was appointed commander in chief of the entire Carthaginian army.

1. Second Punic War
   Crusades
2. Battle of Siffin

The Romans considered Hannibal's 219 B.C.E. attack on Saguntum an act of war. The siege of the city marked the start of the Second Punic War.

1. eight days
   eight weeks
2. eight months

It took Hannibal eight long months to capture Saguntum, a city on the Iberian Peninsula.

1. Caesar
   Scipio
2. Antiochus

Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio raged battle against Hannibal for more than a decade during the Second Punic War.

1. Spain
   France
2. Tunisia

In 218 B.C.E. Hannibal marched over the Pyrenees and into Gaul, located in modern-day France. He met little resistance from the Gauls, which cleared the path for him to continue his march straight to Italy.

1. 15 days
   150 days
2. 15 months

After entering Gaul, it took Hannibal and his troops just 15 days to cross the mighty Alps.

1. 20,000
   50,000
2. 100,000

Hannibal amassed an army of 100,000 men to accompany him across the Alps and into Italy.

1. elephants
   tigers
2. monkeys

Hannibal and his men marched across the Alps with 37 war elephants.

1. none
   less than a dozen
2. all of them

All 37 of Hannibal's elephants survived the journey through the mountains, though he did lose the majority of his troops during the crossing.

1. 300 miles (483 kilometers)
   30 miles
2. 3 miles

Hannibal made it to just 3 miles outside the walls of the city but didn't have enough men or supplies to conquer Rome.

1. He died.
   He was captured.
2. He defeated a much larger army.

Hannibal enjoyed a major victory at the 216 B.C.E. Battle of Cannae when he defeated 80,000 Roman soldiers with fewer than half that number of men fighting on his side.

1. 500
   5,000
2. 50,000

More than 50,000 Roman men — 20 percent of the entire adult male population of Rome — died at Cannae.

1. fire
   rocks
2. trumpets

The Romans used trumpets to scare the elephants, causing them to stampede and crush the Carthaginian troops.

1. none
   one
2. all

Just one elephant named Surus, which Hannibal often rode upon, survived the war.

1. vinegar
   fire
2. mercury

Hannibal ingeniously used vinegar to break down boulders and clear a passage through the mountains.

1. true
2. false

A coin struck during Hannibal's lifetime suggests that he was important to the Carthaginian people and also provides the only picture of him created during his lifetime.

1. snakes
   smoke bombs
2. elephant dung

Late in his career, Hannibal threw baskets of snakes at enemies while battling at sea.

1. true
2. false

The idea that Hannibal feasted on his own men is seen as propaganda, and there is no evidence to support that it ever actually took place.

1. true
2. false

Hannibal led naval battles against the Romans, working under Antiochus of Syria.

1. true
2. false

Despite his long military career, Hannibal was not successful during his naval career and never achieved a single significant victory.

1. suicide
   died in battle
2. natural causes

When the enemy closed in, Hannibal committed suicide by drinking poison in 183 B.C.E.

1. He captured Hannibal.
   He killed Hannibal's wife.
2. He attacked northern Africa.

After Scipio attacked Hannibal's home in northern Africa in 203 B.C.E., Hannibal abandoned Rome and went home to fight.

1. Zama
   Turino
2. Corsica

Zama represented the final major land battle for Hannibal. The Romans used his famous double-envelope battle technique against him to decimate his troops.

1. 2,000
   20,000
2. 200,000

More than 20,000 Carthaginian troops died at Zama, while the Romans lost just 1,500 men.

1. It was razed to the ground.
   It was taken under Roman rule.
2. It lost all its territories.

After the war, Carthage remained independent but lost all its territories to the Romans.

1. He was imprisoned.
   He got a government job.
2. He fled to France.

When the Second Punic War ended, Hannibal was granted a position as a civil magistrate within the Carthaginian government.

1. true
2. false

While scholars have plenty of opinions, no one can agree what path Hannibal took to cross the Alps, even though historians left plenty of written clues.