A Punic Carthaginian military commander, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. In 218 BC, the Roman Republic and Carthage launched a war for the hegemony of the Mediterranean. The troops led by Hannibal, the chief commander of Carthage avoided the main force of Rome, set out from Spain, passed by Gaul, crossed the Alps, and finally arrived Rome at the cost of nearly half of the troops lost! Hannibal's strategic talent gave his troops full confidence. Under the leadership of Hannibal, the troops repeatedly defeated the Roman troops and marched towards Cannae, the granary of Rome. On August 2, 216 B.C., Battle of Cannae broke out. Hannibal surrounded and annihilated the 80,000 Roman troops with 40,000 troops by using his strategic talent. This is one of the greatest battles in military history, in which a numerically inferior force defeated its stronger enemy. Hannibal, known as the father of strategy, occupied Rome with his troops for 15 years, during which he almost conquered Rome and changed the world history!