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Authors: Eve MacDonald
Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life (78 page)
Pyrrhus
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
nn.
24, 30, 31, 37,
(xi)
n.
44
admired by Hannibal
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
n.
25,
(vi)
n.
17,
(vii)
n.
41
compares Rome to the Lernaean Hydra
(i)
Qart Hadasht, name for Carthage in Phoenician/Punic language
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
13
quadrireme,
decked warships invented by the Carthaginians, known as a four
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
63
quinquereme
, decked warship used by Carthage and Rome, known as a five
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
n.
20,
(ix)
n.
68,
(x)
n.
57,
(xi)
n.
63
Quintus Claudius, Roman praetor (208
BCE
) and propraetor (207
BCE
)
(i)
Ralegh, Sir Walter
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
74,
(iv)
n.
36
Rb mhnt
, term for a general at Carthage
(i)
n.
77
Regulus
see
Atilius Regulus, Marcus, consul in First Punic War
Rhegium (
Map 1
, modern Reggio Calabria)
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,
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,
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,
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,
(vi)
n.
35,
(vii)
nn.
44, 50
Rhône river (
Map 2
)
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,
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,
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,
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,
(xi)
,
(xii)
n.
55,
(xiii)
n.
32,
(xiv)
n.
67
Roman calendar, problems with
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n.
14,
(ii)
n.
34,
(iii)
n.
29,
(iv)
n.
39,
(v)
n.
30,
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n.
66
Rome
army and manpower
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(vii)
,
(viii)
n.
42 (comparing Rome and Carthage),
(ix)
n.
16,
(x)
n.
31,
(xi)
n.
42
Campus Martius
(i)
election of magistrates
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(vii)
,
(viii)
n.
50,
(ix)
nn.
24, 30,
(x)
nn.
34, 35,
(xi)
n.
11
human sacrifice after Cannae
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
59, 60, 61
imperialism
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
40,
(v)
nn.
49, 50
memory of the Punic Wars in the city
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,
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,
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navy
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(vii)
nn.
20, 21,
(viii)
nn.
54–56,
(ix)
n.
51
Porta Collina and Temple of Hercules (Herakles)
(i)
Tarentine and southern Italian hostages thrown from the Tarpeian Rock
(i)
Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus
(i)
walls of
(i)
Sabines
(i)
Saguntum (
Map 2
), falls to Romans (212
BCE
)
(i)
n.
47
and see under
Hannibal Barca, at Saguntum
Salammbô see
Flaubert
Salapia (
Map 1
), in Apulia
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
nn.
15, 16
Salinator, Marcus Livius, Roman consul at the Metaurus (207
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
4
Sallust, Roman author on the fear of an enemy
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
7,
(iv)
n.
74,
(v)
n.
17,
(vi)
nn.
25, 34
sambukas,
floating siege engine used by Marcellus at Syracuse
(i)
Samnites and Samnium (
Map 1
)
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,
(ii)
,
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,
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,
(v)
,
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,
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,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
n.
56,
(xiii)
n.
9
Sardinia (maps 1 and 2)
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(viii)
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(xviii)
n.
21,
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n.
82,
(xx)
n.
8,
(xxi)
nn.
40, 41, 47,
(xxii)
n.
54,
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nn.
15, 19,
(xxiv)
n.
36,
(xxv)
n.
42,
(xxvi)
n.
19
Scipio
see
Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Seleucid kings and kingdom
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
see also
Antiochus III
Sempronius Gracchus, Tiberius
(i)
,
(ii)
given an army of recruited slaves after Cannae
(i)
dies in an ambush in Lucania (212
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
62
Sempronius Longus, Tiberius, Roman consul for (218
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
Sena (modern Senigallia), near the Metaurus on the Adriatic
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
31, 35
Senate, at Capua
(i)
,
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,
(iii)
Senate, at Carthage known as
‘drm
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(xiv)
n.
45,
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n.
43
blame Hannibal entirely for the war
(i)
debate over declaration of war
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Livy’s claim that the senate at Carthage defeated Hannibal
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members come to Scipio after the battle of the Great Plains
(i)
members with Hannibal in Italy
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senators taken by Scipio at New Carthage
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Senate, at Rome
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n.
5,
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nn.
57, 59,
(xxv)
n.
4,
(xxvi)
n.
49
debate over declaration of war
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,
(ii)
n.
69
debate over Scipio’s planned invasion of Africa in 205
BCE
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,
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n.
4
Septimius Severus, Severan dynasty, Caracalla
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
30
Sertorius
(i)
Servilius Geminus, Gnaeus, Roman consular colleague of Flaminius (217
BCE
)
(i)
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
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,
(ix)
n.
32,
(x)
n.
18
shekel, Carthaginian coin standard
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,
(ii)
,
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,
(iv)
n.
33
Sibylline Books
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
n.
51,
(v)
n.
57
Sicca Veneria (Sicca,
Map 1
)
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
8,
(iv)
n.
25
Sidon, Phoenician city on coast of modern Lebanon
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,
(ii)
n.
59
Silenus of Kale Acte (in Sicily), author of a lost history
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
14,
(v)
n.
23,
(vi)
n.
36,
(vii)
n.
70
Silius Italicus, author of the
Punica
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
5,
(vii)
n.
6,
(viii)
nn.
41, 52,
(ix)
nn.
70, 73,
(x)
n.
25,
(xi)
nn.
8, 9
Siwa, oracle and Alexander
(i)
slaves
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
n.
22
conscription into the army in Rome after Cannae
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
n.
62
Sophonisba, daughter of Hasdrubal Gisgo
(i)
n.
41
wife of Masinissa
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,
(ii)
n.
53,
(iii)
n.
39
drinks poison
(i)
life celebrated by Voltaire, Boccaccio, Petrarch
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,
(ii)
n.
41,
(iii)
n.
35
Sosylus, Hannibal’s Spartan tutor and author of a now lost history
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
6,
(vi)
n.
83,
(vii)
n.
23,
(viii)
n.
75,
(ix)
n.
70
Spain
see
Iberia and the Iberian Peninsula Sparta/Spartans
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
n.
83,
(viii)
n.
21
see also
spy/spies/espionage
Spendius, Campanian leader of mercenary rebellion (241–238
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
40,
(vii)
n.
51
spoils of war/loot
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
n.
14,
(xix)
n.
18,
(xx)
n.
55
spy/spies/espionage
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
nn.
2, 4,
(vii)
n.
9
Strabo, ancient geographer
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
83,
(iii)
nn.
30, 31,
(iv)
nn.
42, 43,
(v)
nn.
68, 69
Straits of Messina
see
Messana
Successors (
Diadochoi
), Hellenistic kings who followed Alexander the Great
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
17
Suetonius
(i)
Sufet/Sufetes
, chief magistrates of Carthage
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
nn.
71, 72, 78,
(vii)
n.
21
Syphax, king of the Masaesyli
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
nn.
43, 45,
(xi)
n.
48,
(xii)
nn.
47, 54,
(xiii)
nn.
24, 30,
(xiv)
nn.
34, 38, 39, 41, 46,
(xv)
n.
66
