Template:Hannibal timeline

Timeline of Hannibal's life (248 BC – c. 183 BC)

<timeline> ImageSize = width:420 height:1100 PlotArea = left:40 right:10 top:10 bottom:10 DateFormat = yyyy TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy Period = from:180 till:250 AlignBars = early ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:250 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:180 Colors = id:gray value:gray(0.7) id:lightsteelblue value:rgb(0.418, 0.609, 0.800) Define $dx = 20 # shift text to right side of bar PlotData = bar:event width:20 color:gray shift:($dx,-4) from:start till:end color:lightsteelblue mark:(line,white) at:247 text:247 BC – Hannibal is born at:240 text:c. 240 BC – Mercenary War takes place in Carthage at:228 text:228 BC – Hamilcar killed in battle, Hasdrubal commander in chief at:221 text:221 BC – Hasdrubal assassinated; becomes commander in chief at:220 text:c. 220 BC – Rome forges an alliance with the city-state of Saguntum at:218 text:218 BC – Lays siege to Saguntum; Second Punic War breaks out at:217 text:June 217 BC – Scores a victory at the Battle of Lake Yuaimese at:216 text:Aug. 216 BC – Destroys Romans at Cannae; Capua joins Hannibal at:215 text:215 BC – Attacks Nola unsuccessfully for a second time in one year at:214 text:214 BC – Last attempt to take Nola fails at:212 text:212 BC – Victorious at Silarus; Capua holds out; Syracuse falls at:211 text:211 BC – Romans lay siege to Capua for the second time at:210 text:210 BC – Defeats Romans at 2nd Battle of Herdonia at:209 text:209 BC – Stalemate at Asculum; Cartagena falls to the Romans at:208 text:208 BC – Romans under Scipio defeat Carthaginians at Baecula at:207 text:207 BC – Stalemate at Grumentum; Hasdrubal KIA at Metaurus at:206 text:206 BC – Romans under Scipio win Battle of Ilipa and conquer Spain at:204 text:204 BC – Battle of Crotona ends in a draw at:203 text:203 BC – Defeated at Bagbrades; recalled from Italy; routed at Great Plains at:202 text:Oct. 202 BC – Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated at Zama at:201 text:202 BC – Carthage sues for peace; end of Second Punic War at:200 text:200–196 BC – Hannibal pursues a successful political life. at:195 text:c. 195–190 – Hannibal enters into exile at Tyre at:190 text:190 BC – Welcomed to Ephesus by Antiochus III at:189 text:c. 190–182 BC – Commits suicide by drinking poison TextData = tabs:(10-left) pos:(100,710) fontsize:6 text:" " </timeline>