History Channel portrays Hannibal as Black; Whites are outraged

History Channel portrays Hannibal as Black; Whites are outraged
Photo: HistoryChannel/BarbariansRising

History Channel‘s newest documentary series, “Barbarians Rising,” explores the fall of Rome over the course of 700 years of invasions. However, the most recent episode that aired Monday depicts Hannibal of Carthage as a Black man, and many White history “aficionados” are accusing the station of promulgating “historical inaccuracies.”


In the series, Hannibal is portrayed by Black British actor Nicholas Pinnock. The famous Carthaginian was a thorn in the empire’s side. He became a general at the age of 26 and managed to unite barbarian tribes to stop Rome’s imperial rise. The military genius was arguably most famous for climbing the Alps with war elephants whose sole purpose was to stomp the Roman army.


Hannibal ultimately tried to invade Rome but failed to do so.

There have been debates over the race of Hannibal throughout the centuries. And this debate still continues till this day.


Take a look at the video trailer for this episode of “Barbarians Rising” that features Hannibal before checking out some responses to the general’s dark hue.

YouTube video

Here are some YouTube comments that were left below the clip:

History Channel portrays Hannibal as Black; Whites are outraged

2 Responses

  1. Whites are outraged, oh geez. A bunch of people on YouTube comments do not speak for the majority of “whites” who couldn’t care less about this. Neither should anyone with a serious life.

  2. Whites outraged? White people have nothing to do with this. This is history and north Africans are of both Phoenician and Tamazight descent. Hollywood is trying to change their history and fantasize it. No wonder why the majority of Americans know nothing about the rest of the world.
    Hannibal wasn’t a black man and Carthage was a great Empire which ruled over the mediterranean not by sword but by trade and wealth until the Romans decided there could only be one Empire. And then came the ******* Arabs.

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