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Maharbal

Carthaginian commander · Lived 245 BC to 202 BC · aged 43

Maharbal was a Numidian army commander in charge of the cavalry under Hannibal and his second-in-command during the Second Punic War. Maharbal was a very close friend to Hannibal and admired him greatly. He was often critical to the battlefield success of Carthage over Rome.

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202 BCDied216 BCBattle of CannaeTook part, 216 BCBattle of CannaeStory: Recap.at CC BY-SA506K Wikipedia readers in the past year4 more245 BCBorn

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Throughout his Italian campaign Hannibal maintained numerical superiority in cavalry, and thus relied upon them and Maharbal to give his army an advantage.

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Lived 245 BC to 202 BC · aged 43