The Second Punic War was lost because General Hannibal did not have the right engineering to conquer Roman Cities. If General Hannibal could not conquer Roman cities then he would never be able to conquer the Roman Empire. Hannibal had the right leadership and a large enough army to defeat the Romans. He still did not have the necessary resources and engineering to take over Roman cities. General Hannibal was a man with great leadership …showed first 75 words of 593 total…

…showed last 75 words of 593 total…Rome but he lost the war. After Hannibal had fought the first few battles he just roamed around what is now the Italian countryside.5 5 http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ROME/PUNICWAR.HTM He probably could have used that time to make the essential weapons and artillery that would have helped him conquer cities. He had the power and the army to easily defeat the Romans but it was not taken advantage of and Hannibal failed.