The Imitatio Alexandri of Hannibal Barca

Abstract

The following paper seeks to analyze the linkage of Hannibal Barca with the figure of Alexander the Great. To achieve that objective, the Macedonian model will be stratified in several stages in which he could represent a model of excellence. Likewise, the possible Imitatio Alexandri will be tracked in specific scenarios and actions: the military actions, the classical sources, the propaganda, Gadir, Hannibal’s dream, the Heracles Epitrapezios, Hispania, the numismatic and the Hellenistic background.

Keywords

• aníbal
• alejandro: imitatio
• melqart
• heracles