Hannibal was in a conflict.
One of his most famous achievements was at the outbreak of the Second Punic War , when he marched an army which included war elephants from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into Italy .	Second Punic War	Second Punic War	marched an army	Hannibal's crossing of the Alps	Iberia	Iberian Peninsula	Pyrenees	Pyrenees	Alps	Alps	Italy	Italy
The Second Punic War , also referred to as The Hannibalic War and -LRB- by the Romans -RRB- the War Against Hannibal , lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern Mediterranean .	Hannibal	Hannibal	Mediterranean	Mediterranean
This was the second major war between Carthage and the Roman Republic and its allied Italic socii , with the crucial participation of Numidian-Berber armies and tribes on both sides .	Roman	Roman Republic	Roman Republic	Roman Republic	Carthage	Ancient Carthage	socii	socii	Numidian	Numidians	Berber	Berber people
The war was to a considerable extent initiated by Carthage at Saguntum in Spain and is marked by Hannibal 's surprising overland journey and his costly crossing of the Alps , followed by his reinforcement by Gallic allies and crushing victories over Roman armies in the Battle of the Trebia and the ambush at Trasimene .	Roman	Roman Republic	Carthage	Ancient Carthage	Hannibal	Hannibal	Saguntum	Sagunto Castle	crossing of the Alps	Hannibal's crossing of the Alps	Gallic	Gauls	Battle of the Trebia	Battle of the Trebia	Trasimene	Battle of Lake Trasimene
