About the book: 2005 / The work of G. de Beer is an authoritative study of the biography of the famous ancient commander Hannibal (242/246-183 BC . e.). On the pages of the book, the reader will become acquainted with the events of the First and Second Punic Wars, will find a description of Hannibal’s campaign from Spain to Italy and his famous crossing of the Alps, the victories of the Carthaginian commander at Lake Trasimene, in the Battle of Cannae and his defeat in the Battle of Zama in 202. BC e. G. de Beer did not ignore the last period of Hannibal’s life - his reign in Carthage, his service with the Syrian king Antiochus III and the death of the famous commander. The study of the life of Hannibal allowed the author to create a broad picture of the struggle for dominance in the Mediterranean, the apogee of which was the rivalry between Rome and Carthage. The publication is equipped with an appendix - excerpts from Polybius’s “World History”, dedicated to the first and second Punic Wars and will be of interest to a wide range of readers.