Battle of Ticinus
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The Battle of Ticinus was fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio in late November 218 BC as part of the Second Punic War. It took place in the flat country on the right bank of the river Ticinus, to the west of modern Pavia in northern Italy. Hannibal led 6,000 Libyan and Iberian cavalry, while Scipio led 3,600 Roman, Italian and Gallic cavalry and a large but unknown number of light infantry javelinmen.
Eighteenth-century depiction of the battle, showing the younger Scipio rescuing his wounded father
Hannibal, the Carthaginian commander
The Trebbia today at Rivergaro, at the foot of the hills in which Scipio sought refuge from Hannibal's army.
Hannibal
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Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
The Capuan bust, reputedly of Hannibal
Circa 1850 engraving of Young Hannibal (left) by Charles Turner
A quarter shekel of Carthage, perhaps minted in Spain. The obverse may depict Hannibal with the traits of a young Melqart. The reverse features one of his famous war elephants.
An 1868 illustration of Imilce and her son Haspar Barca by Juan de Dios de la Rada