[PAR] [TLE] Hannibal [SEP] Hannibal Barca (Punic language: 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤒 , "ḥnb‘l brq"; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC), was a <a href="Ancient%20Carthage">Carthaginian</a> general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.  His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War.  His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair. [PAR] [TLE] Battle of Canusium [SEP] The Battle of Canusium was a three-day engagement between the forces of Rome and Carthage.  It took place in Apulia during the summer of 209 BC, the tenth year of the Second Punic War.  A larger Roman offensive, of which it was a part, aimed to subjugate and to punish cities and tribes that had abandoned the alliance with Rome after the Battle of Cannae, and to narrow the base of the Carthaginian leader, Hannibal, in southern Italy.
[PAR] [TLE] Hannibal [ SEP ] Hannibal Barca ( Punic language : 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤒 , " ḥnb‘l brq " ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC ) , was a < a href="Ancient%20Carthage">Carthaginian</a > general , considered one of the greatest military commanders in history . His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War . His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal , and he was brother - in - law to Hasdrubal the Fair . [PAR] [TLE] Battle of Canusium [ SEP ] The Battle of Canusium was a three - day engagement between the forces of Rome and Carthage . It took place in Apulia during the summer of 209 BC , the tenth year of the Second Punic War . A larger Roman offensive , of which it was a part , aimed to subjugate and to punish cities and tribes that had abandoned the alliance with Rome after the Battle of Cannae , and to narrow the base of the Carthaginian leader , Hannibal , in southern Italy .
Battle of Canusium was part of a larger offensive to narrow the base of the general who was the son of which commander?
Battle of Canusium was part of a larger offensive to narrow the base of the general who was the son of which commander ?
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca