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Hannibal was only in his early 20s when he went to Spain. He became king at the death of his father when he was just 18.
Gaul is France. The mountains between France and Spain are the Pyrenees. However I thought Hannibal was supposed to have taken the elephants across the Alps.
Gaul is France. The mountains between France and Spain are the Pyrenees. However I thought Hannibal was supposed to have taken the elephants across the Alps.
Well, Hannibal was never in command of spain. Spain is a present day country. He was a Carthaginian, and the Carthaginians conquered part of the Iberian Peninsula (present day Spain). He was in command his whole adult life. He was 29 when the Second Punic War started, which is the time for which he is famous.
Hannibal did not land in Spain. It was his father who landed in Spain and conquered southern Spain
Hannibal was around nine years old when his father, Hamilcar Barca, took him to Spain. This journey occurred after the First Punic War, during which Hamilcar sought to establish a Carthaginian presence in the Iberian Peninsula. Hannibal's early exposure to military campaigns and leadership in Spain significantly influenced his later career as a commander.
The Military leader Hannibal was born in Carthage, now Spain.
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In Carthage and its territories in Spain.
221-218 BCE.
He was appointed to control Iberia when Hannibal invaded Spain.