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Rather than wait for Rome to attack Carthage, he took the war to Rome and invaded Italy, where he set about gaining allies from the territories disgruntled with Rome's rule of them. He did not have a seige train so could not capture the city, so he kept to the countryside, fighting battles when the factors were in his favour, and keeping Rome on the defensive for fifteen years and leaving Carthage itsel alone.
The Romans eventually copied this and invaded North Africa, rallied Africal states to them and threatened Carthage. Hannibal was recalled to defend the city and was overwhelmed at Zama 202 BCE.
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∙ 13y agoFirst of all you should be aware that Hannibal never invaded Rome. He invaded Italy, and tried, unsuccessfully to get allies. The weapons his army used were the usual of the time, spears, javelins, swords, bows and arrows. The unique thing about his invasion was that he used war elephants, which proved to be a liability for him because it is said that they panicked in the noise of the battle.
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∙ 6y agoAttacking his enemy in his home province.
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