What contemporary evidence do we have of Hannibal?

There's no first hand accounts that are exactly contemporary - as usual in the ancient world, the record is pretty spotty. read more

In non-documentary sources we have coins which are attributed to Hannibal, mostly from Spain. There’s a clear family resemblance among the male figures so it’s logical to assume that one of them is Hannibal and the other his father, Hamilcar. read more

There were plenty of contemporary accounts of Hannibal written from his side, but sadly, most are gone and are only recorded by historians writing the history of Rome – Sosylus was a Greek historian who’s seven books on Hannibal’s campaign were used by Polybius himself to write his histories. read more