At the start of the third century BC, the North African state of Carthage was well on its way to dominating the Mediterranean. The only thing standing in its way? A fledgling republic from the Italian Peninsula named Rome. This is the story of Hannibal and the Second Punic War. This docudrama tells the story of Rome, the greatest empire the world. has ever known, through the eyes of the empire's many adversaries who battled to see its destruction.