Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Family Tree xiii
6. Introduction: No Ordinary Enemy 1
7. 1. Hannibal and Carthage 7
8. 2. The Great Man in the Hellenistic World: From Alexander to Hamilcar 24
9. 3. His Father’s Son 43
10. 4. Barcid Iberia from Gades to Saguntum 61
11. 5. Legend: Hannibal into Italy 82
12. 6. Hannibal the Conqueror: From the Trebia to Trasimeno 100
13. 7. The Apogee: Cannae and the War in Italy 119
14. 8. After Cannae 139
15. 9. Hannibal’s Dilemma, 212–209 160
16. 10. Over the Alps, Again 180
17. 11. Hannibal Returns 198
18. 12. Hannibal into Exile 218
19. Epilogue: Hannibal’s Afterlife 227
20. Notes 239
21. Bibliography 298
22. Index 316