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Authors: Eve MacDonald
Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life (72 page)
Bellus (
Map 2
, near Thrabaka), mountain on north coast of North Africa
(i)
Beneventum (
Map 1
, modern Benevento)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
29
Boccaccio, Renaissance poet
(i)
,
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,
(iii)
n.
41
Boii, Gallic tribe of northern Italy
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
Bomilcar, Carthaginian admiral at Syracuse and Tarentum (214–209
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
57,
Bomilcar, Carthaginian commander who brought reinforcements to Italy (215
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
15
Bonaparte, Napoleon
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
74
Bostar, Carthaginian commander at Capua (211
BCE
)
(i)
Bostar, Carthaginian commander in the First Punic War against Regulus’ invasion (255
BCE
)
(i)
Bostar, Carthaginian envoy sent from Hannibal to Philip V (215
BCE
)
(i)
Breakfast, illustrates Hannibal’s concern for well-being of his soldiers
(i)
Scipio shows same concern at Illipa
(i)
Brundisium (
Map 1
, modern Brindisi)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
9,
(iv)
n.
29
Bruttium, Bruttii (
Map 1
, roughly equivalent to modern Calabria)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
raided by Hamilcar Barca in the First Punic War
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supported Hannibal quickly after Cannae
(i)
,
(ii)
Bruttians served in Hannibal’s army
(i)
,
(ii)
last place of refuge for Hannibal as the Romans closed in
(i)
,
(ii)
,
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,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
n.
28
Carthaginian coin hoards found
(i)
n.
27,
(ii)
n.
63
Hannibal departs back to Carthage
(i)
Byblos, Phoenician city now in modern Lebanon
(i)
Byron, George Gordon, poet
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
1,
(iv)
n.
41
Byrsa Hill
see
Carthage
Cadiz (
Map 2
)
see
Gades
Caere, Etruscan city
(i)
Calavius, Pacuvius, leader of the pro-Hannibalic faction at Capua
(i)
son tries to assassinate Hannibal
(i)
Callicula, valley of (in Campania)
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Campania and Campanians
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,
(ii)
,
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,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
n.
10,
(xiv)
nn.
11, 18,
(xv)
nn.
11, 14, 18, 28,
(xvi)
nn.
14, 16,
(xvii)
n.
33
Campus Martius
see
Rome
Cannae (
Map 1
), battle of (216
BCE
)
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
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,
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,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)
,
(xxv)
,
(xxvi)
,
(xxvii)
,
(xxviii)
,
(xxix)
n.
9,
(xxx)
n.
71,
(xxxi)
nn.
23, 33,
(xxxii)
n.
41,
(xxxiii)
n.
32,
(xxxiv)
nn.
33, 39, 52,
(xxxv)
n.
5,
(xxxvi)
nn.
9, 31,
(xxxvii)
n.
39,
(xxxviii)
n.
13
Canusium (Canusia,
Map 1
, modern Canosa)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
Cap Bon (
Map 2
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
30
Cap Farina (
Map 3
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
30
Capua (
Map 1
), largest city in Campania
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
nn.
15, 18
goes over to Hannibal
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
12,
(iv)
n.
1,
(v)
n.
28,
(vi)
n.
29
as allies of Rome
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
10,
(iii)
n.
13,
(iv)
n.
10,
(v)
nn.
16, 17, 21
hosts Hannibal to much acclaim
(i)
Vibius Virrius, pro-Hannibal Capuan senator
(i)
blockade by Roman legions
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
fall
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
n.
25
luxury as a corrupting force
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
25,
(iv)
n.
16,
(v)
nn.
37, 38
Carpetani (
Map 2
), Iberian tribe
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
75
Carthage (maps 1, 2, and 3), city
(i)
,
(ii)
Apollo from Carthage (Reshep) in Rome
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
nn.
59, 63
as source of wild beasts
(i)
,
(ii)
Byrsa
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
12,
(vi)
nn.
59, 61, 62, 63,
(vii)
n.
46
government
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
nn.
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78
location,
Map 3
ports
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
nn.
64, 65,
(ix)
n.
18
Tophet
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
nn.
90, 94,
(v)
n.
98,
(vi)
n.
9,
(vii)
n.
24
walls
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)
nn.
58, 62,
(vii)
n.
67
war indemnity
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
n.
5,
(ix)
n.
21
Carthago Nova (
Map 2
, New Carthage)
foundation
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
fall (209
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
nn.
77–84
Hannibal at
see
Hannibal, Barca, at New Carthage
Carthalo, garrison commander at Tarentum (209
BCE
)
(i)
Carthalo, Hannibal’s lieutenant sent to Rome after Cannae (216
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
Casilinum, city in Campania
(i)
taken by Hannibal in 216/215
BCE
(i)
captured by the Romans
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
14
Cassius Dio,
Roman History
on Pyrrhus
(i)
on treaty between Rome and Carthage before the First Punic War
(i)
on Hamilcar and the Roman Embassy
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
28
on Hannibal’s acting first
(i)
on the end of the Second Punic War
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
49
on Hannibal after Zama
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
82,
(v)
n.
57,
(vi)
n.
26,
(vii)
n.
31
Castulo (
Map 2
), Iberian city
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
nn.
42, 52,
(viii)
n.
47,
(ix)
n.
50,
(x)
n.
7,
(xi)
n.
50
Caulonia, city in Magna Graecia
(i)
,
(ii)
Celtiberians, people of the Iberian peninsula of Celtic origins
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
56,
(vii)
n.
52
Celts, also referred to as Gauls
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
n.
35
at Cannae
(i)
high casualty numbers
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
Centenius, Gaius, Roman propraetor (217
BCE
)
(i)
Ceres
see
Demeter
Cézanne, Impressionist painter, on Hamilcar and Hannibal
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
2
Charaeus, no longer extant source of Polybius
(i)
n.
70
Cicero
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
n.
40,
(xiii)
n.
57,
(xiv)
n.
3,
(xv)
n.
35,
(xvi)
n.
70,
(xvii)
n.
22,
(xviii)
n.
80,
(xix)
nn.
4, 19, 21,
(xx)
n.
37
circumcision, Phoenician tradition of
(i)
Cirta (modern Constantine), Numidian capital held by Syphax in period of Hannibalic war
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
38
Cisalpine Gaul
(i)
Cissa
(i)
Clastidium (modern Casteggio), in northern Italy
(i)
Claudia, sister of Publius Claudius Pulcher, consul defeated off Drepanum by Carthaginians in First Punic War (249
BCE
)
(i)
Claudius Nero, Gaius, commander sent to reinforce Iberia after death of elder Scipio brothers (211
BCE
); consul (207
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
n.
4,
(viii)
n.
34,
(ix)
n.
13
Claudius Pulcher, Appius, commander in Sicily (215
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
65,
(iv)
n.
23
Claudius Pulcher, Publius, consul defeated by Carthaginians off Drepanum (249
BCE
)
(i)
Cleopatra, last of the Hellenistic monarchs
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
47
Clupea (
Map 2
, modern Kelibia)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
Coelius Antipater, source, now lost, for the period of the Punic Wars
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
70,
(iii)
n.
70,
(iv)
n.
10,
(v)
n.
55
coins, coinage
Carthaginian
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
43,
(v)
nn.
13, 14,
(vi)
n.
10,
(vii)
n.
17,
(viii)
n.
46,
(ix)
n.
21
