Presents the history of Hannibal, a famous Carthaginian military commander who invaded Italy by crossing the Alps with war elephants, and won many battles against Rome over a decade before being defeated in the Battle of Zama at Carthage.
Presents a historical novel about Hannibal, the legendary military leader of Carthage and his struggle against the superior armies of Rome and traces the origins of the war and Hannibal's choice to follow a land route to Rome.
Discusses the battle of Zama in 202 B.C. which pitted the armies of Carthaginian general Hannibal against the Roman armies of Publius Cornelius Scipio, resulting in a victory for Rome that set the stage for that nation's domination of the region for centuries to come.
