Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy (TRIH ep 568, part 1)
237 BCE · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce a new Rest Is History series focused on Hannibal and the Second Punic War. They outline Carthage’s background and decline after the First Punic War, Hamilcar Barca’s campaign to rebuild Carthaginian power in Spain, and the establishment of New Carthage (Cartagena).
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 237 BCE
- Reign of Alexander the Great (336 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Wars of the Diadochi (322 BCE)
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Great Wall of China (Qin) (221 BCE)