Did Hannibal Lead an Attack that Was One of Rome's Worst Defeats Ever?

Explanation:

Yes, Hannibal did lead an attack that resulted in one of Rome's worst defeats ever. During the Second Punic War, specifically at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BCE, Hannibal's smaller Carthaginian army achieved a spectacular victory over a much larger Roman force. His clever tactics such as luring the Romans into traps, using fog for surprise attacks, and the brilliant maneuver at Cannae where he allowed the Roman army to push in the Carthaginian center, then encircled and decimated them with his cavalry, exemplify his military genius.

Despite his multiple successes and terrorizing presence in Italy, Hannibal was never able to capture Rome itself or completely defeat the Romans. The war continued with a different strategy by the Romans who returned to guerrilla warfare tactics, and eventually Publius Cornelius Scipio, known as Scipio Africanus, defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BCE, effectively ending the war.