Wednesday, October 22, 2008

PUNIC WATCH: A BBC Hannibal documentary is playing in New Zealand:
A battle against all the odds
Staff Reporter [The Times] Published:Oct 20, 2008

THERE are few individuals who change the course of history — Hannibal is one of them.

Born in 247BC, Hannibal, the son of Hamilcar Barca, was a skilled military leader who brought Rome to the brink of destruction.

This documentary series, entitled Hannibal — The Man, The Myth, The Mystery reconstructs the life of the commander of the Carthaginians during the seven stages of the century-long conflict between Carthage and Rome.

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There's a trailer here. Apparently it came out in 2006 and I seem to have missed it.