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Hannibal
Hannibal city (1990 pop. 18,004), Marion and Ralls counties, NE Mo., on the Mississippi River; inc. 1845. It is a river port and shipping center. Industries include meat canning, printing, and the manufacture of boats, electronics, and wood and metal products. Agriculture and tourism are also impor... Read more
Hannibal
Hannibal , b. 247 BC, d. 183 or 182 BC Carthaginian general, an implacable and formidable enemy of Rome. Although knowledge of him is based primarily on the reports of his enemies, Hannibal appears to have been both just and merciful. He is renowned for his tactical genius. Invasion of Italy ... Read more
Cannae
Cannae , ancient village, Apulia, SE Italy, scene in 216 BC of Hannibal 's crushing defeat of the Romans. Hannibal's troops assumed a crescent-shaped formation to meet the Roman troops, which were especially concentrated in the center. As the Romans advanced, Hannibal by brilliant strategy managed ... Read more
Hasdrubal
Hasdrubal d. 207 BC, Carthaginian general; son of Hamilcar Barca . During the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars ), his brother Hannibal , on leaving for Italy, made Hasdrubal commander in Spain. Hasdrubal conducted a long campaign against the Romans, led by Publius and Cnaeus Scipio , who preven... Read more
Scipio Africanus Major
Scipio Africanus Major (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus) , 236-183 BC, Roman general, the conqueror of Hannibal in the Punic Wars . He was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio, and from a very early age he considered himself to have divine inspiration. He was with his father at the Ticino (21... Read more
Caius Terentius Varro
Caius Terentius Varro , fl. 216 BC, Roman statesman and general. Consul in 216 BC, he opposed Hannibal at the battle of Cannae , where the Roman army was destroyed. Probably more blame for this disaster may be ascribed to the Roman system of alternate command than to Varro's incompetence. One of ... Read more
Fabius
Fabius (d. 203 bc), Roman general and statesman, known as Fabius Cunctator (‘the Delayer’). After Hannibal's defeat of the Roman army at Cannae in 216 bc, Fabius successfully pursued a strategy of caution and delay in order to wear down the Carthaginian invaders. George Washington, ... Read more
Christian Dietrich Grabbe
Christian Dietrich Grabbe , 1801-36, German dramatist and journalist. Critical of "Shakespearomania," Grabbe strove for a national German drama and wrote original, poetic historical tragedies. Hannibal (1835) and Hermannsschlacht [Hermann's battle] (1838) depict the genial individual shatter... Read more
William Henry Hatch
William Henry Hatch 1833-96, U.S. Congressman (1879-95), b. Scott co., Ky. He was admitted (1854) to the bar and moved to Hannibal, Mo. He became prominent in Democratic politics in Missouri and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Hatch devoted himself to agricultural legislation and ... Read more
portcullis
portcullis , grating or framework of strong bars of wood or iron, sharp-pointed at their lower ends, sliding vertically in the grooved jambs of a fortified portal as a protection in case of assault. First used in Roman times against Hannibal, the portcullis reached its highest development in the 12t... Read more

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Hannibal Barca
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Hannibal Barca Hannibal Barca (247-183 B.C.) was a Carthaginian general and one of the greatest...enemy with the combined forces of infantry and cavalry. As a boy of 9, Hannibal begged his father, Hamilcar Barca, to take him on the campaign in Spain... Read more
Hannibal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...primarily on the reports of his enemies, Hannibal appears to have been both just and merciful...relatively small army of select troops, Hannibal set out to invade Italy by the little-kno...Cannae, but by brilliant cavalry tactics Hannibal managed to surround the entire force... Read more
Hannibal Hamlin Garland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Hannibal Hamlin Garland Hannibal Hamlin Garland (1860-1940), American author, augmented local-color writing by the new naturalistic techniques that combined realism with a sense of the individual's overwhelming struggle against a hostile environment... Read more
Garland, (Hannibal) Hamlin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Garland, [Hannibal] Hamlin (1860–1940), born in Wisconsin, after sharing the oppressive labor of farm life there and in Iowa and South Dakota... Read more
Hannibal Hamlin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 1809-91, Vice President of the United States (1861-65), b. Paris, Maine. Admitted to the bar in 1833, he practiced at Hampden, Maine. He was a Maine legislator (1836-40, 1847), a U.S. Representative (1843-47), and a U.S. Senator (1848-57). As a Democrat he supported Franklin Pierce's Read more
Scipio Africanus Major
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...236-183 BC, Roman general, the conqueror of Hannibal in the Punic Wars . He was the son of...success against the Carthaginians. In 202, Hannibal crossed to Africa and tried to make peace...extreme that war resulted; Scipio defeated Hannibal at Zama (202), returned home in triumph... Read more
Cannae
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...village, Apulia, SE Italy, scene in 216 BC of Hannibal 's crushing defeat of the Romans. Hannibal's troops assumed a crescent-shaped formation...concentrated in the center. As the Romans advanced, Hannibal by brilliant strategy managed to encircle... Read more
Hasdrubal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Punic War (see Punic Wars ), his brother Hannibal , on leaving for Italy, made Hasdrubal...Scipio , who prevented him from joining Hannibal at a critical moment in 216 BC Both Scipios...decisive in the war, for it prevented Hannibal from receiving Carthaginian aid. Read more
Titus Quinctius Flamininus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...general and statesman. He served in the Second Punic War against Hannibal and the Carthaginians and became consul in 198 BC Flamininus...Flamininus sought to induce Prusias, king of Bithynia, to deliver up Hannibal, but the latter committed suicide rather than be surrendered... Read more
Scipio
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...218) to destroy the supply lines of Hannibal , who was invading Italy. He and his...in 218. He tried vainly to intercept Hannibal in Gaul, then rushed back to Italy, where...against his judgment) at Trebbia, where Hannibal won (218) his great victory. The next... Read more

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Hannibal
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Hannibal ♂ Name of the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca (247–182 bc), who led an army from Spain...made famous by the character of the cannibalistic maniac Hannibal Lecter, created by Thomas Harris in the novels Red Dragon... Read more
Lecter, Hannibal
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Lecter, Hannibal the psychopathic genius who is the serial-killer anti-hero of The Silence...Thomas Harris (1940– ). Dr Lecter is otherwise known as Hannibal the Cannibal , and his ‘I'm having an old friend for dinner’... Read more
Cannae, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...military history. The Carthaginian general HANNIBAL , his infantry considerably outnumbered...Paullus and Terentius Varro, charged Hannibal's centre, forced it back, but failed...ground, and the Romans pushed deeper, Hannibal effected his brilliant double-encirclement... Read more
Hasdrubal
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...son of Hamilcar and younger brother of Hannibal. At the start of the second Punic War...of Carthaginian forces in Spain after Hannibal had departed for Italy. After a defeat...crossing the Alps with the aim of joining Hannibal, but was intercepted and killed in battle... Read more
Punic wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...years later. HAMILCAR BARCA , father of HANNIBAL , led the defeated side. The Second (218–201) arose from Hannibal's invasion of Italy from Carthaginian...and at CANNAE . Italy was overrun by Hannibal but the Italian tribes did not rise... Read more
Piacenza
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...x2010;Romagna/Italy Placentia As the Carthaginian general Hannibal (247– c. 183 bc) advanced southwards, the Roman general...Trebbia. The armies met on the Trebbia in December 218 bc, Hannibal emerging as the victor. The survivors of Scipio's army wintered... Read more
Hamilcar Barca
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Hamilcar Barca (died c. 229 BC) Carthaginian general and father of HANNIBAL and HASDRUBAL . He commanded the Carthaginian forces in the later part of the first of the PUNIC WARS and negotiated the peace... Read more
Coontz, Robert Edward
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Coontz, Robert Edward (1864–1935) naval officer, born in Hannibal, Missouri. Coontz was chief of naval operations (1919–23), commander of the U.S. Fleet (1923–25), and commander of... Read more
Amilcare
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Amilcare ♂ (Italian) From the name of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal. The name is Phoenician and means ‘friend of (the god) Melkar’. Read more
Fabius
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Fabius (d. 203 bc), Roman general and statesman, known as Fabius Cunctator (‘the Delayer’). After Hannibal's defeat of the Roman army at Cannae in 216 bc, Fabius successfully pursued a strategy of caution and delay in order to wear down... Read more

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Young Hannibal a role to sink teeth into.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Movie review)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 2/9/2007; 444 words ; ...from Red Dragon, the next chapter in the Hannibal Lecter story, that he won't get caught...attraction for viewers is seeing what turned Hannibal Lecter into a cannibalistic serial killer...for those who prefer to be surprised.) Hannibal Rising is a perfectly serviceable revenge... Read more
Alice Hannibal, 77, dies; 1st woman alderman board member in Kinston, NC. (Kinston Board of Aldermen) (Brief Article) (Obituary)
Magazine article from: Jet; 11/28/1994; 71 words ; Alice Priscilla Stateman Hannibal, who made history in 1959 when she became...She is survived by her husband Dr. John J. Hannibal Jr., a physician in Kinston; and seven offspring, Dr. John Hannibal III, Dr. Alice Hannibal, Marcia McCall... Read more
Hannibal.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 8/31/1999; ; 274 words ; ...Delacorte * $27.95 Man-eating monster Hannibal Lecter evokes iffy gay images. Should...continues to tweak gay sensibilities with Hannibal, the third chapter in the cat-and-mouse game between serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter and FBI special agent Clarice... Read more
Management buys control of metal tubing maker: Vernon-based Hannibal was owned by Japan's Mitsui & Co.(ACQUISITION)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 4/7/2008; ; 234 words ; ...ownership, Vernon metal tubing manufacturer Hannibal Industries Inc. has been acquired by...company, began seeking an acquirer for Hannibal a year ago, since most of the company...located in the Midwest or East Coast, said Hannibal President Blanton Bartlett. The people... Read more
HANNIBAL.(new book regarding Carthagenian general by Habib Boulares)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 7/1/2000; ; 180 words ; HANNIBAL By Habib Boulares Published in French by Librairie Academique Perrin ISBN 2 262 01628 3 Price FF139 Hannibal epitomises, in western imagination, the war chief and...Europeans, is far too much of a caricature to do justice to Hannibal. Habib Boulares, Tunisian politician and writer, tells... Read more
Hannibal's Footsteps.
Magazine article from: National Review; 6/24/1988; ; 207 words ; Hannibal's Footsteps, HANNIBAL slaughtered sixty thousand Romans at Cannae in 216 B.C., and defeated...times (by Napoleon, among others) since Polybius first followed in Hannibal's footsteps around 160 B.C. The latest in the series is the British... Read more
Hannibal. Original motion picture soundtrack music composed by Hans Zimmer.(Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 6/1/2001; ; 281 words ; Hannibal. Original motion picture soundtrack music composed by...289 467 696-2. The gimmick of the music for the movie Hannibal, the even-more-grisly sequel to Silence of the Lambs and...for the second time as the refined serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a man of cultured tastes, if you'll excuse the... Read more
The Hannibal e-Puzzle.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Small Press Bookwatch; 1/1/2005; 119 words ; The Hannibal e-Puzzle Don Eckhardt Tahoe-Hudson Book...95 www.breakthroughpromotions.com The Hannibal e-Puzzle is a mystery thriller centering...mysterious emails anonymously sent by HANNIBAL warn of a conspiracy to take control... Read more
Thomas Harris: Hannibal Rising.(English Books: ON THE SHELF IN BERN)
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 8/1/2007; 61 words ; Thomas Harris Hannibal Rising This is a prequel to the bestselling Hannibal Lecter series, showing his early life in Europe...love. Orphaned by the war on the Eastern Front, Hannibal goes to live with his uncle in France. There he... Read more
Norton has reissued a bunch of Mighty Hannibal stuff, covering 1965-1972. (Notes).
Magazine article from: Thrasher; 1/1/2002; ; 84 words ; Norton has reissued a bunch of Mighty Hannibal stuff, covering 1965-1972. Hannibal was a turban-sporting soul singer who lived the...stuff, and covers life, love, drugs, and war. Hannibal, with a nod to small labels, is promising to deliver... Read more