Hannibal
['hænibəl]
Definition
(noun.) a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain.
(noun.) general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC).
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Examples
- Whereupon Hannibal marched straight through the south of Gaul, and crossed the Alps (218 B.C.) into Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Roman cavalry came back from the pursuit of Hannibal's horse to turn what was already a defeat into a disastrous rout. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was the father-in-law of Hasdrubal and the father of a boy Hannibal, destined to be the most dreaded enemy that ever scared the Roman Senate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Throughout all the subsequent war there remained this Roman army of Spain between Hannibal and his base. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Finally a condition was added that Hannibal, as the great enemy of Rome, should be surrendered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Cornelius Scipio, had the strategic sense to take a course that robbed all Hannibal's victories of fruit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Romans blockaded, cut up convoys, attacked stragglers, and ran away whenever Hannibal appeared. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For fifteen years Hannibal held out in Italy, victorious and unconquered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After these events he retired in disgust from Rome to his estates, and there he died in the year 183 B.C. In the same year died Hannibal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A large part of Southern Italy came over to Hannibal, including Capua, the city next in size to Rome, and the Macedonians allied themselves with him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Next, I saw Hannibal passing the Alps, who told me he had not a drop of vinegar in his camp. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Thereafter Hannibal was blockaded into Calabria, the heel of Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Jason