(Encyclopedia) Hanno, fl. 250–200 b.c., Carthaginian statesman, leader of the conservative land-owning party and consistent opponent of the Barca family. His refusal to pay the mercenaries of…
(Encyclopedia) Hasdrubal, d. 207 b.c., Carthaginian general; son of Hamilcar Barca. During the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars), his brother Hannibal, on leaving for Italy, made Hasdrubal commander…
(Encyclopedia) Punic Wars, three distinct conflicts between Carthage and Rome. When they began, Rome had nearly completed the conquest of Italy, while Carthage controlled NW Africa and the islands…
(Encyclopedia) CannaeCannaekănˈē [key], ancient village, Apulia, SE Italy, scene in 216 b.c. of Hannibal's crushing defeat of the Romans. Hannibal's troops assumed a crescent-shaped formation to meet…
(Encyclopedia) Scipio Africanus Major (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus)Scipio Africanus Majorsĭpˈēō [key]Scipio Africanus Majorăfrĭkāˈnəs [key], 236–183 b.c., Roman general, the conqueror of…
(Encyclopedia) IlipaIlipaĭlˈĭpə [key], ancient town of Spain, near the modern Seville. Here Scipio Africanus Major defeated (206 b.c.) the Carthaginian forces after Hasdrubal had fled to Gaul. The…
LAMB, Alfred William, a Representative from Missouri; born in Stamford, Delaware County, N.Y., March 18, 1824; moved with his parents to Ralls County, Mo., in 1836; attended Doctor Elyâs…
(Encyclopedia) FabiusFabiusfāˈbēəs [key], ancient Roman gens. The family was most distinguished from the 5th cent. b.c. onward. However, little is known of the early members. Quintus Fabius Vibulanus…
CLARK, Charles Nelson, a Representative from Missouri; born in Cortland County, N.Y., on August 21, 1827; attended Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.; moved to Illinois in 1859; when the Civil…
(Encyclopedia) CarthageCarthagekärˈthĭj [key], ancient city, on the northern shore of Africa, on a peninsula in the Bay of Tunis and near modern Tunis. The Latin name, Carthago or Cartago, was…
