Bible Encyclopedias

Attic Faith
inviolable faith, opposed to punic.

Carthage
An ancient maritime city, on a peninsula in the N. of Africa, near the site of Tunis, and founded by Phoenicians in 850 B.C.; originally the centre of

Cato, Marcus Portius
Or urnamed Censor, Priscus, and Sapiens, born at Tusculum, of a good old family, and trained to rustic, frugal life; after serving occasionally in

Fabius Quintus
(maximus verrucosus), a renowned roman general, five times consul, twice censor and dictator in 221 b.c.; famous for his cautious generalship against hannibal in the second punic war, harassing to the enemy, which won him the surname of "cunctator" or delayer; d . 203 b.c.

Flaminius, Caius
a roman tribune and consul, who constructed the flaminian way; perished at lake trasimene, where he was defeated by hannibal in the second punic war, 217 b.c.

Hamilcar Barca
A Carthaginian general and one of the greatest, the father of Hannibal, commanded in Sicily, and held his ground there against the Romans for six years;

Hannibal
The great Carthaginian general, son of Hamilcar (q. v .); learned the art of war under his father in Spain; subjugated all Spain south of the Ebro by

Hasdrubal
The name of several distinguished Carthaginian generals, of whom the most noted were, the son of Hamilcar Barca (q. v .) and brother of Hannibal ( q.

Numidia
E . land of Nomads), ancient country in North Africa, nearly co-extensive with Algiers, the inhabitants of which were of the Berber race, were brave

Nævius, Cneius
one of the earliest roman poets, born in campania; wrote dramas, and an epic poem on the first punic war, in which he had served; satirised the aristocracy, and was obliged to leave rome, where he had spent thirty years of his life; died at utica (265-204 b.c.).

Petrarch, Francesco
The famous Italian lyric poet, born at Arezzo, in Tuscany, whither his father had gone when exiled with Dante from Florence; spent his youth in Avignon;

Plautus
A Latin comic poet, born in Umbria; came when young to Rome, as is evident from his mastery of the Latin language and his knowledge of Greek; began to

Saguntum
a town of ancient spain, was situated where now stands the town of murviedro, 18 m. ne. of valencia; famous in history for its memorable siege by hannibal in 219 b.c., which led to the second punic war.

Scipio, P. Cornelius, the Elder
Surnamed Africanus Major, a celebrated Roman general; was present at the engagement near the Tacinus and at Cannæ; was appointed proconsul of Spain

Scipio, P. Cornelius, the Younger
Surnamed Africanus Minor, adopted by the preceding, the proper name being L. Paullus Æmelius; after distinguishing himself in Spain proceeded to

Silius Italicus
a roman poet; was consul in the year of nero's death, and his chief work an epic "punica," relating the events of the second punic war, a dull performance.

Syracuse
1, one of the great cities of antiquity, occupied a wide triangular tableland on the SE. coast of Sicily, 80 m. SW. of Messina, and also the small island

Utica
an ancient city of north africa, founded by the phoenicians on a site 20 m. nw. of carthage; was in alliance with carthage during the first and second punic wars, but took part with the romans in the third, and became afterwards the capital of the roman province.

Zama
a fortified city of ancient numidea, 100 m. sw. of carthage, where hannibal (q. v .) was defeated by scipio africanus, and the second punic war ( q. v .) brought to an end, and the fate of carthage virtually sealed.