Hannibal
247 – 182 BCE
Carthaginian

General. An exemplar of daring, fortitude, and obsession, he nearly destroyed Rome.

Contemporaries
202–157 BCEEmperor Wen of Han
190–159 BCETerence
259–210 BCEQin Shihuangdi
185–110 BCEPanaetius
fl. 200 BCEJaimini
260–203 BCEQuintus Fabius Maximus
234–149 BCEMarcus Cato
214–129 BCECarneades
299–210 BCECallimachus
310–230 BCEAristarchus of Samos
215–145 BCEAristarchus of Samothrace
287–212 BCEArchimedes