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Definitions of hannibal
  1. noun
    a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
  2. 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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  • scipio Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
  • cannae ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC
  • zama the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War
  • livy Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)
  • titus livius Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17)
  • battle of trasimeno a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
  • flaminius Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)
  • metaurus river a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy
  • scipio africanus Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
  • trasimeno a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
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