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PEOPLE - The other main characters involved
Hannibal's Family (The Barca
Clan)
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Hamilcar
Barca, father of Hannibal, hero of the
First Punic War and creator of the Spanish Barcid possessions
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| Hasdrubal
Barca, brother of Hannibal |
| Mago
Barca, brother of Hannibal |
| Hasdrubel
the Fair, brother-in-law of Hannibal (married to Hannibal's sister
Sapanibal) whom Hannibal succeeded in Spain on his assassination |
| Hannibal is reputed to have also had another
sister Salambua, who married the Numidian Prince Navarras. |
| There is some evidence that Hannibal married
a Spanish princess, Imilce and
may have had a son. |
Other Carthaginians
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| Himilco,
Carthaginian General in the First Punic War. |
| Hasdrubal
'son of Gisgo', Carthaginian General, probably related to Hannibal,
father of Sophonisbe. |
| Marhabal |
| Hanno
'The Great'. Long-lived Carthaginian general and politician, spanning
the First and Second Punic Wars; head of the Aristocratic Party, which worked
against the expansionist policies of the Barcas. |
| Sophonisbe
(Sophonisba), daughter of Hasdrubal 'son of Gisco', married to Syphax,
king of Numidia. |
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The Romans
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| First Punic War |
| Appius
Claudius Caudex, who led the invasion of Messana, which started
the war |
| Appius
Claudius Pulcher, co-commander at Syracuse during the First Punic
War |
| Publius
Claudius Pulcher, son of Appius, loser of the battle at Drepana
during the First Punic War |
| Gaius
Duilius, inventor of the corvus during the First Punic War |
| Lucius
Caecilius Metellus, victor at Panormus in
the First Punic War |
| Gaius
Lutatius Catulus, Roman commander, victor
in the final naval battle of the First Punic War |
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Marcus Atilius Regulus,
Roman commander, captured by the Carthaginians, returned to Rome and then
to Carthage and killed.
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| Second Punic War |
| The Cornelian Scipios - The
Claudii |
| Publius
Cornelius Scipio, father of Scipio Africanus, brother of Gnaeus,
killed at the Battle of Castulo. |
| Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio,
uncle of Scipio Africanus, victor at Dertosia but later killed in combat
at Ilorca, just 29 days after his brother Publius was killed at Castulo. |
| Lucius Paullus Aemilius,
who died at the terrible battle of Cannae in 216, father-in-law of Scipio
Africanus. His son Paullus
Aemilius, father of Scipio Africanus. The
Aemilii |
| Publius
Cornelius Scipio Africanus (the Elder), son of Publius Scipio: the
Roman who finally defeated Hannibal at Zama |
| Publius
Cornelius Aemilianus Africanus (the Younger), destroyer of Carthage,
adopted son of the son of Scipio Africanus. |
| The Gracchi
brothers, Tiberius and Gaius, grandsons of Scipio Africanus through
his daughter Cornelia |
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| Others |
| Quintius
Fabius Maximus, Cunctator (The Delayer), the Roman General who neutralised
the threat that Hannibal posed for Rome. The
Fabii |
| Caius
Claudius Nero, defeater and slayer of Hasdrubal at Metaurus |
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Caius
Flaminius, Consul, loser at Trasimeno.
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| Tiberius
Sempronis Longus, loser at Trebbia |
| Caius
Terentius Varro - loser at Cannae |
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Titus
Quinctius Flamininus, final nemesis of Hannibal
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| Marcus
Claudius Marcellus (268-208 BC), Roman general, unsuccessful besieger
of Syracuse in 213 BC, defeated at Cannae |
| Marcius Porcius Cato,
(Carthago delenda est) |
| Gaius Laelius,
subordinate and friend of Scipio Africanus. |
| Quintus
Fulvius Flaccus - The Flacci |
| Livius
Salinator, Consul, with Nero defeated Hasdrubal at Metaurus. |
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The Others
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| Agathocles
of Syracuse responsible for raising the mercenaries named Mamertines,
whose actions started the First Punic War |
| Hiero
II of Syracuse |
| Masinissa
king of Numidia, whose defection to
the Romans contributed to the defeat of Hannibal at Zama.
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| Philip
V of Macedonia, who signed an alliance with Hannibal |
| Perseus,
son of Philip V of Macedonia, the last king of Macedonia
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| Indibilis
and Mandonius, Spanish chieftains |
| Archimedes,
inventor and defender of Syracuse against the Romans. |
| King Pyrrhus
(Pyrrhic victories). |
| Antiochos
III Megas ("The Great"), Seleucid king |
| Syphax,
king of the Masaesyles of western Numidia. |
| King Prusias
1 of Bithynia Hannibal's last refuge in exile. |
| Eumenes
II, King of Pergamum, opponent of Antiochos III |
| Hieronymos
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The Historians and Geographers
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| Diodorus
Siculus |
| Polybius |
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