Which answer matches this clue: the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants and won the battle of Cannae?

• A Hasdrubal
• B Mago
• C Hannibal ✓
• D Hamilcar Barca

Hannibal's invasion in 218 BC was the greatest threat Rome ever faced; he campaigned in the peninsula for 15 years but never captured the city itself.