Hannibal, the Man Who Challenged Rome

• Documentary

Episode overview

Alberto Angela will take us on a journey through time spanning over two thousand years, discovering Carthage, the queen of the Mediterranean, with its vast fleet, and Republican Rome, then still a young, rising power that, thanks to the strength of its legions, had recently succeeded in establishing its hegemony over much of the Italian peninsula. Through graphic reconstructions and reenactments, Alberto Angela will take us through the most dramatic moments of the centuries-old war, taking us to some of the most iconic sites of this crucial conflict: from the shores of Lake Trasimene, where Hannibal's army defeated the Roman legions led by Consul Flaminius, to the Tomb of the Scipios on the Via Appia Antica, one of the most evocative relics of Scipio Rome. But above all, our journey will be an opportunity to retrace the life and deeds of Hannibal, one of the greatest leaders of antiquity.

122 minutes