The work of G. de Beer is an authoritative study of the biography of the famous commander of antiquity Hannibal (242246-183 BC). On the pages of the book, the reader will get acquainted with the events of the First and Second Punic Wars, will find a description of Hannibal's campaign from Spain to Italy and his famous crossing of the Alps, victories of the Carthaginian commander at Lake Trasimene, at the Battle of Cannes and his defeat at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. G. de Beer did not disregard the last period of Hannibal's life - rule in Carthage, service with the Syrian king Antiochus III and the death of a famous commander. The study of Hannibal's life allowed the author to create a broad picture of the struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean, the climax of which was the rivalry between Rome and Carthage.