A GENERAL REVIEW OF BATTLE TACTISC OF HANNIBAL

Hannibal, who has become one of the best commanders of world history, he is known as the "father of war strategy". Hannibal, who was in battlefields from childhood, placed great importance on battle tactics instead of brute force in battles. Hannibal's battle tactics changes according the conditions such as, geography, time, number of troops, psychological and physical condition of the enemy and he used new elements in every battle. In addition to skillful command ability, he has also a distinguished army that can apply his forward-looking and intelligent ideas into battlefield perfectly. This article examines the tactics, which well documented by ancient authors, Hannibal and his army applied in battles