Hannibal - why couldn't he defeat Rome?

This resource is a complete lesson on ‘Why couldn’t Hannibal defeat Rome (and why couldn’t Rome defeat Hannibal)?’ as part of the ‘Hannibal and the Second Punic War’ unit for OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course. It contains all relevant information and prescribed sources for the course, as well as a ‘lesson snapshot’ to help guide both the learner and the teacher (including clear success criteria; links to useful articles and videos; as well as challenge and extension tasks). Please note that this should be used in conjunction with the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook.