Hannibal

Also known as Ḥannibaʿl, Ḥannobaʿal, Hannibal son of Hamilcar

Hannibal fue un general y estadista cartaginés que comandó las fuerzas de Cartago en su batalla contra la República Romana durante la Segunda Guerra Púnica. Hannibal vivió durante un período de gran tensión en la cuenca del Mediterráneo, desencadenada por el surgimiento de la República Romana como una gran potencia con su derrota de Cartago en la Primera Guerra Púnica. El revanchismo prevaleció en Cartago, simbolizado por el juramento que Hannibal hizo a su padre de "nunca ser amigo de Roma".

Occupation: politician, military leader
Citizenship: Ancient Carthage
Born: 247 BC
Died: 183 BC

Family

Imilcespouse Haspar Barcachild Hamilcar Barcafather third daughter of Hamilcar Barcasibling Hasdrubal Barcasibling Magosibling eldest daughter of Hamilcar Barcasibling middle daughter of Hamilcar Barcasibling

Ancient Carthagecountry of citizenship

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Hannibal fue un general y estadista cartaginés que comandó las fuerzas de Cartago en su guerra contra la República Romana durante la Segunda Guerra Púnica. Hannibal vivió durante un período de gran tensión en la cuenca del Mediterráneo, desencadenada por el surgimiento de la República Romana como una potencia importante tras su derrota de Cartago en la Primera Guerra Púnica. El revanchismo prevaleció en Cartago, simbolizado por el juramento que Hannibal hizo a su padre, Hamilcar Barca, de "nunca ser amigo de Roma".

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Also known as Ḥannibaʿl, Ḥannobaʿal, Hannibal son of Hamilcar

Notable quotes

“I have come not to make war on the Italians, but to aid the Italians against Rome.”
— Spoken to Italian soldiers of Rome captured at the Battle of Lake Trasimene (24 June 217 BC) as quoted in Hannibal : One Man Against Rome (1958) by Harold Lamb, p. 119.
“Ah there is one thing about them more wonderful than their numbers … in all that vast number there is not one man called Gisgo.”
— Spoken as a jest to one of his officers named Gisgo, who had remarked on the numbers of Roman forces against them before the Battle of Cannae (2 August 216 BC), as quoted in A History of Rome (1855), by Henry George Liddell Vol. 1, p. 355
“nullum contemptu m[ortis incitamentum] ad uincendum homini ab dis immortalibus acrius datum est.”
— God has given to man no sharper spur to victory than contempt of death.
“Liberemus diuturna cura populum Romanum, quando mortem senis exspectare longum censent. (Latin, not original language)”
— Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.
“I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honour and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour. I am endeavouring that others, in their turn, will be obliged to yield to my good fortune, and my valour.”
— As quoted in Hannibal : Enemy of Rome (1992) by Leonard Cottrell, p. 150.

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