Hannibal: The One Man Who Ever Threatened Rome | Hannibal Barca | Timeline 

"It's like Netflix, but for history documentaries" -----> Sign up to History Hit with code 'timeline' for a huge discount! bit.ly/3rs2w3k

"I will either find a way or make one" Hannibal What a legend...

Hannibal was an absolute badass. He simply brought the battle right into Rome's mainland. And as if that wasn't enough, he also humiliated them by bringing the battle to Rome's land.

As a tunisian i can t be less proud of Hannibal...his dertanimation is iconic 🇹🇳

Even decades after his defeat, he went out like a boss.

Thank you for enlightening me on Hannibal. My history teachers only did "Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants, end of story!"

Hannibal's remembered for trying and to be called a proud failure is something very unique in a world where history is written by the victors.

It wasn't the romans that beat him, all the ads finally wore him down.

Hannibal was a genius! He recognised skill when he saw it an knew how to bond men over the barrier of different language. An international army! A pity he was betrayed by the greed of his leaders. His story could never be contained in a movie. This brilliant documentary is as close as it will get.

I think Hannibal is my favorite historical figure of all, either him or Cyrus. He operated in hostile territory behind enemy lines, hundreds of miles away from any of his supply lines, in the heart of the most powerful nation on Earth, FOR 15 YEARS(!!!), and never lost a battle during that time! If his country had sent him the support and supplies he needed after Cannae, our world would be a very different place.

Rome comprehensively erased Carthage from history but such was Hannibals fame that they couldn't erase his story and he is more famous than any of their own generals.

i Think the true hero is the cameraman, he courageously hold his camera in a middle of a brutal bloody war. without his devotion we would never have access to all this live footage

Hannibal may have failed in his lifetime, but so did Napoleon. Both won major victories (in Italy, no less), but both were eventually defeated and exiled. Still, as generals, they were greatly successful in that they left their mark on the science of warfare and are studied even to this day. Being a victor alone doesn't guarantee that one will be studied; it depends on how one achieves victory, against what odds, and how long one was victorious, even if it eventually ends in defeat.

I enjoyed this 16 hour video. My favorite part was when the dawn power wash advertisement played for the 900th time in a row.

Narrated by Kenneth Cranham who also played Pompey Magnus in the TV series Rome. What a great voice.

What a documentary! I so much admire the strategies deployed by Hannibal against his adversaries. He was indeed a strategic genius!

I really hope that Hannibal is benefitting hugely from the ridiculous amount of ads in this video. He deserves it.

Moral of the story: A house divided can not long stand. Carthage never truly supported Hannibal.

Great documentary on one of History's greatest generals! Hannibal Barca ranks high as one of the most strategic military minds ever in existence. How different all would have been had he seized the opportunity to stamp Rome out. Would be fantastic if the Carthaginians own historical records cam down to this day.

In the end, Hannibal's back is broken from carrying all the weight of Carthage in this war

No doubt, one of the greatest military minds to march an army into a foreign land. He was a military magician.

I don't mind a couple of ads but this is ridiculous

The Battle of Canae was freaking unbelievable! Hannibal was a beast!

So much history to see in Tunisia...I've been to Morocco to see their beautiful country before lockdown...Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia are next

Why was there no legit film on Hannibal? We need a History show on him like Vikings

Fascinating, real history is more crazy than any fiction.

I like the fact that this states that Roman-Carthage wars are the most memorable wars in history. Most people probably don't even know what it is.

This is perhaps the greatest documentary I've every enjoyed. every minute I'm glued to my seat. This is like the fifth time I've come back to it over the years.

I'm proud to have the name of the great Carthaginian family "BARCA". In Tunisia, we are so proud of our ancestral Carthaginian civilisation. All names and places related to the Carthaginian era are synonyms of Luxury in Tunisia. In our Tunisian culture, we have kept many of punic words and traditions. And btw, it is really sad that some Subsaharan africans living in US and EU are still seeking for a civilisation to belong to. Carthage, Rome, Egypt, Phoenicia and Greece are mediterranean civilisations. Even physically, we look like each others. Hannibal is a Tunisian National Hero exhibited everywhere in Tunisia.

Enjoying our content? Get the Timeline History Channel app now to watch whenever and wherever you want to: bit.ly/2rZs0vs

The narrator, Kenneth Cranham, also plays Pompey Magnus in HBO's Rome!

Tunisia: Carthage is considered one of the most important civilizations known to the Mediterranean in the pre-Christian world, just like the Greek and Roman civilizations, as well as the Pharaonic ones. The center of this republic-imperial that prevailed in the Mediterranean for centuries is the city of Carthage, which is located in the north of Tunisia, not far from the Tunisian capital, which was founded nearly fifteen centuries after Carthage, but the latter was transformed by urban expansion into one of its suburbs. Legend says that Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Princess Alice, as the Tunisians call her, or Elissar / Elisa, as it was termed in the East, or Didon, as Westerners call it. Alissa or Elissar came from the Lebanese city of Tyre, fleeing from her brother who killed her husband. It is said that there was a priest who told her that it was her destiny to establish a city opposite a mountain with two horns, so she wandered at sea until she reached what is called today the Gulf of Tunis, where the mountain of Dhul-Qarnayn is located. Mount Boukernin as it is called today). And the princess offered the local people to buy from them a plot of land the size of a bull’s skin, and she had what she wanted, and all she wanted was to cut the bull’s skin and turn it into a long, thin thread. Or Elissar, on a large area, on which her city of Carthage or “Qart Hadasht” was founded, meaning the modern village or the new city. And the new Mediterranean metropolis grew, grew, prospered, and excelled over the rest of the surrounding Phoenician cities in various fields, and it became an economic and military power that reads a thousand accounts. The conflict with Rome Rome became a young modern empire emerging after centuries of control of Carthage on the Mediterranean and it was necessary for the emerging modern power (Rome) to displace the aging empire (Carthage), which took its time and increase. Carthage controlled vast lands that extended over the entire northwestern African coast to the Strait of Gibraltar, which was called the Strait of Melqart, after the Carthaginian leader Abd Melqart Baraka, Hannibal's father. Carthage also took control of the Iberian Peninsula, where it founded several cities, including Cartagena and Barcelona (in relation to the Carthaginian Barka family, from which Hannibal and his father Abd Melqart descended, as well as Sadr Baal al-Adel) and its influence reached southern France. Carthage controlled important Mediterranean islands such as Greek Crete and Malta, as well as Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic. It reached the east to the Libyan Gulf of Sirte, where it signed a border agreement with the Greeks who controlled the Egyptian Mediterranean coast and eastern Libya. Although it was at the end of its reign, Carthage fought three major wars against the Romans that lasted for many years and ended with the burning of Carthage at the hands of the Roman commander Sepion. These epics witnessed the emergence of great leaders who gained wide fame, including Abd Melkart Barca (Amilcar) and his son Hannibal, who crossed the Alps with his villa and his legions of armies and besieged Rome for nearly ten years and fought many battles on its borders, the most important of which was the famous Battle of Cannae. Scout people The Carthaginians noticed early and before others the importance of the African continent, so they sailed in the Atlantic Ocean, which the Arabs feared and called it the “Sea of ​​Darkness” and established their settlements in West Africa along the African coast. Perhaps the most famous expedition is the journey of the traveler ruler Hanoun, which took place around the fifth century BC and was written down and became famous unlike the rest of the trips. The Carthaginians also reached the British Isles across the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the North Sea on the borders of the Scandinavian countries in search of tin and everything that would benefit the empire. These trade trips were preceded by the famous campaign of the travellers, Carthage, which opened the door wide for the merchants of Carthage to expand their trade to include the north of the old continent across the sea. It is said that the Carthaginians also reached the American continent, in view of what was mentioned in some books of the Greeks, which spoke of a vast land beyond the ocean that was a source of the Carthaginian wealth. Carthaginian coins were also found containing an approximate image of a world map that includes a large land area located directly after the sea, which is supposed to be the Atlantic Ocean. Carthage scholars Science developed and flourished in Carthage, and this civilization gave birth to many scientists and thinkers. Perhaps the most famous of them all is the geneticist and agricultural scientist Magon, who composed an encyclopedia that the Romans relied on later and after the Carthaginians in developing their agricultural sciences. Regarding Magon’s Encyclopedia, Tunisian historian Muhammad Hussein Fantar says: “The encyclopedia that Magon wrote on agricultural affairs was in the Dar al-Kutub in Carthage, and perhaps copies of it were owned by some private people, especially those who were engaged in agriculture. Magoon's Encyclopedia was not among the kind of books that remain on the shelves of libraries. Rather, it was a means of work that its owner would return to when needed. Perhaps some of its chapters were stuck in the rooms of the supervisors on the cultivation of the land, regardless of their specializations. When the Third Punic War and the fall of Carthage, Chebion Amelia Nuss ordered the house of books in Carthage to be looted and burned, and the books that had escaped from the burning fire were given to the Numidian kings and their princes, with the exception of the encyclopedia written by Magon in the sciences of agriculture, the Romans accounted for it and ordered their Senate to transfer it to The Latin language was appointed, and a committee of translators was appointed to supervise this work, which was shortened by Dionysius to the Greek tongue, and he dedicated his work to the governor of Africa at the time, Sextilius, and this took place in the year 88 BC. It should be noted that there is a third translation of Magon's encyclopedia based on the translation of Diosnius Diovan made by Diovan the Nicaea, who contented himself with summarizing the text translated by Diosnius. The twenty parts were turned into 6 parts, and Diovan presented his work as a gift to King Deotarus, and the interest in Magon's encyclopedia did not stop, but it seems that the summary made by Diovan was done in two parts and this work was done by the philosopher Phleon, who was studying in the city of Rome around 48 BC. Despite this care and this continuous interest in the episodes, only 66 paragraphs remain from Magon’s Encyclopedia, which were mentioned in the books of some agricultural scientists, including Ron Kolomala and Gergelius Marsalis the African who lived in the third century AD and others. In addition to all of them, a reference must be made to those who praised Magon and his writings, including the famous writer and the eloquent lawyer, Faqiron. It is proven that the encyclopedia was popular in the Roman circles, so those who wanted to write about agriculture had to return to it because of its benefits. It was stated in some chapters from the book of Wron that the supervisor of cow breeding was carrying with him extracts from the encyclopedia, so he dealt with how to treat bulls. And some of the ancients mentioned that the Roman poet Virgilius, when he wanted to write his poems about rural life, used the Magonian encyclopedia, which was a reference that the reader would find in the book houses and was one of the most important scientific books that the village is not without. and countryside. Many contemporary historians believe that the encyclopedia made an effective contribution to reviving the Italian economy, and it is likely that it crossed the ages until it reached Ibn al-Awwam al-Andalus.

I wish they had just a few more commercials?

I miss the days when historical documentaries were like this.

There is an interesting inaccuracy at 38:50. Another channel, HistoryMarche brilliantly covered Hannibal's campaign in detail. In their video on Trasimene, it is explained that Hannibal could not simply lead his troops uphill to set the trap, but in fact had to march all the way to the end of the pass around the lake, climb the hill there, and march back on the hilltop (at night). All this had to be done in silence and secrecy, and very quickly, as the Romans were one day behind, their scouts at the heel of Hannibal's troops. If he simply climbed the hill as illustrated in this video, it would have left obvious marks, and the Romans would have spotted the ambush.

HANNIBAL WAS NOT BLACK he wasn’t Anglo Saxon white but wasn’t black either

Hannibal Barca 🇹🇳 🇹🇳 ♥️♥️ '' Either we find a way or we will make one''

Hannibal was a strategic genius a man ahead of his time.

Whos here after OverSimplified?

One of the greatest generals that has ever existed on this planet. period.

The Numidians rode bareback (i.e. without saddles). Additionally, Hannibal had the more seasoned soldiers as all but the newly recruited Gauls had fighting against the Celt-Iberian tribes in Spain for several years. Aside from that, very good documentary. The Numidians were truly incredible. In the end, cavalry was the great X-Factor as Hannibal lost when he lacked the cavalry advantage at Zama. In fact, the encirclement at Cannae would have been impossible without the Numidian legends.

This was brilliantly put together, thank you

The encirclement of a greater army by a smaller army. Absolutely brilliant.

What an Awesome story and documentary about the legendary Hannibal who crossed the ALPs with Elephants in Winter. Truly one of the greatest ancient Generals next to Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to ever live

Here after oversimplified

Cant wait to see Hannibal in the next Oversimplified video.

Rome was like a hydra. Cut one head off, another grows back. They lost one army, they mustered another. Non-stop.

Watching this as a tunisian live in carthage makes me proud of our hannibal❤

Scipio was really a great general. I would love to see a documentary about him. It seems his fellow romans felt about him as they did with Fabius. Scipio with a smaller force defeated Hannibals brothers in Spain,but let Hasdrubal escape and he was criticized for that even though had he pursued him he would have been caught between three armies in bad terrain. I love Roman history and admire some of their accomplishments but their pride got in the way of stratigic thinking.

Hannibal: the Man Rome hated.

Long live Tunisia 🇹🇳🇹🇳

Dear visiting Westerners, it is delightful that you have suddenly heard of Hannibal, what with the announcement of a Hollywood film. Please don’t embarrass yourselves by not understanding that North Africa is separate from the rest of the continent. Respect the culture of Tunisia and the people who descend from Carthage 🇹🇳

It should be called "Hannibal, the man who almost destroyed Rome"

I'd also recommend watching "Caesar's Messiah" as a follow-up documentary! Incredibly enlightening 😃

I was surprised to find That Barcelona city is named after Barca , Hamilcar Barca started off the City 😲😲

The Romans resiliency is astonishing...the losses that they have suffered in several wars would have caused almost any other nation or empire to sue for peace...or utterly collapse...somehow they would weather the storm and fight until they finally won....really boggles my mind

The Tunisian Carthagian hero so proud of our history

Now that guy actually looks like the accurate depictions of Hannibal. 👍

i was really excited to watch all these new ads, but this annoying documentary keeps playing

Seriously, the way these guys used to kill each other, the hand to hand combat, is intense/brutal/terrifying...

"let the Romans be relieved from this Agony, since they think, that it tries their patience too much, to wait for an old man's death." -Hannibal Barca

Both Hannibal and Scipio were forced into an exile (although, Scipio's exile was self-imposed) and both died far from home, in the very same year....Years later, during the 3rd Punic War when the Romans attacked the city of Carthage, one of the first Romans who climbed the wall (and lived) of this city that stood for more than 800 yrs, was Tiberius Gracchus ---- a grandson of Scipio -The Great -Africanus.

Hannibal was simply the personification of god of war, a genius in motion.

أسبانيا و برتغال كلها كانت تابعة لي أمبراطورية قرطاج لا تنافق و تحاول تدليس التاريخ و تزويره لاننا ندرسه فهوا شرفنا و عزتنا و سر قوتنا و لن تعرف تاريخنا أكثر منا نحن من سميت القارة الأفريقية على اسمنا👌🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳💪💪💪

Hannibal was one of the greatest military minds of antiquity. The history was written by the Romans. I wonder what the title to this video would be if Carthage had won the Punic Wars?

Humans have always had the desire to fight each other, it’s just part of mankind.

If Hannibal was lets say ... Emperor of Carthage or DICTATOR FOR LIFE lol it would have been a different story. Hannibal & Caesar both in the end betrayed by their senate

Betrayed by the ones to whom he swore to protect what a sad ending for such gifted and honourable gernal

I just feel sorry for the poor bloody elephants

They need to make an HBO multiple season Game of Thrones Hannibal series.

One of the best documentaries that I watched

Awesome having Pompey Magnus telling us the story Hannibal.

reading the comments actually enrich my learning experience on early human’s act of killing.

Proud to be from the town where hannibal lived: carthage.

One of the greatest military minds in history

I wish this doc displayed the names of the scholars as they are speaking. I love to look up their works for further research and learning.

I enjoy listening to these history lessons as I work. I'm glad I found this channel.

Had his army been able to traverse the Alps better intact, I believe he could have taken Rome. What I think ended his success was three things: - Rome got "street smart" finally - I think a very SMALL portion of the Carthage elite were for some reason loyal to Rome, so became spies of sorts - Hannibal got cocky. Either knowingly or unknowingly Come on, the dude had ELEPHANTS in his prime!!

I like how black wokeys seethe at how Hannibal being white is racist somehow, yet they're the racists by saying that everyone from Africa is black. And a side note, Hannibal is Lebanese, his parents immigrated from Lebanon to Carthage, so he isn't even berber. Idc how much you wokeys try to distort him, he never was black, and by claiming he was is racist in and of itself.

Thanks for posting

Thanks for shedding light on this history ~ much ❤❤❤~

Not sure what the comments are on about. Hannibal was not black. Carthage was colonized by the Phoenicians, a civilization from modern day Lebanon, and was itself located in Tunisia. The region was then almost exclusively populated by early Berber (native Maghrebi) communities. That said, he likely would have had olive skin like most Mediterranean people, instead of what's depicted in the documentary.

Pompey Magnus narrating this, is a nice touch 🤌🏻

“Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.” - Napoleon Bonaparte

Hannibal, a genius betrayed by silly old men back at home...

Ok guys, fast forward until a second or two before the documentary end , let it finish, hit refresh. All adds are now gone.

My old Army units call sign was Hannibal and everyone thought it was silly. I encouraged them to read a history book. Also if someone was chucking pots of poisonous snakes at me, I would take my chance in the ocean as well.

Hannibal was great general who almost destroyed Rome when they where strongest. To bad his own people sold him out.

Its a honor that the world knows the history of my country

Hannibal = a bravery at it finest

Going to use this in my history class this week. Timeline makes amazing documentaries

I was rooting for Hannibal all the way

The narrator sounds like the actor who played Pompey Magnus in HBO`s Rome. No credits to be found where one could look it up... Found it on IMDB, documentary is from 2001 and the narrator is indeed Kenneth Cranham, very distinct voice, pleasant to listen to, good actor, too.

الله يرحمك يا قائد تونس الوحيد عبد التاريخ 🇹🇳🇹🇳

The pride of tunisia 🇹🇳❤️

The narrator is an english actor who played Pompey Magnus in "Rome" series 😊

Historian on Roman generals: “if you win it’s glory for you and your family forever... and if you lose well... that’s tough”. That sounds like every sports fan after their team just beat their rivals 😭😂

HistoryMarche Hannibal One of the best Series of documented history on youtube i totally recommend it Battle of Canea video is coming out soon

Btw Carthage was stronger than Rome at this point, you can thank Scipio Africanus for beating Hannibal at Zama, and making Rome a super power and the overlords of Carthage.

Never in War, u allow anyone to strike at u first..