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Hannibal
Carthaginian general [247-c.181 BCE]
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- World History Encyclopedia - Biography of Hannibal
- Ancient Origins - Hannibal: The Carthaginian General Who Took on the Romans
- Dickinson College Commentaries - Hannibal (247–183 BC)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Hannibal’s Ophthalmia—A New Answer to An Ancient Question
- Livius - Hannibal Barca
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Chapman, John: Hannibal
Hannibal, (born 247 bce, North Africa—died c. 183–181 bce, Libyssa, Bithynia [near Gebze, Turkey]), Carthaginian general, one of the great military leaders of antiquity, who commanded the Carthaginian forces against Rome in the Second Punic War (218–201 bce) and who continued to oppose Rome and its satellites until his death. Hannibal was the son of the great Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. The Greek historian Polybius and the Roman historian Livy are the two primary sources for his life. According to them, Hannibal was taken to Spain by his father and at an early age was made to swear eternal hostility ...(100 of 3647 words)