Leaving Cartagena in May 218 B.C.E., he set off on an epic march through Spain and Gaul, crossing the Alps with his army of Africans and Spaniards together with nearly 40 elephants.
قام ابن هملقار ،‏ هنيبعل الذي يعني اسمه « محظيّ عند بعل » ،‏ بقيادة الجيش القرطاجي .‏