person
Hannibal
The Carthaginian general (247–183 BC) who invaded Italy in the Second Punic War; Seneca's emblem of the enemy whom Roman patience, not anger, defeated.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §17.6 Hannibal
The Carthaginian general defeated by Scipio at Zama (202 BC).
- On Anger §1.11 Hannibal
The Carthaginian general (247–183 BC) who invaded Italy; the enemy whom Roman patience, not anger, wore down.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §5.51.5 Hannibal
The Carthaginian general (247--183 BC) whose army, after crossing the Alps, was undone less by Rome than by a winter of ease at Capua in Campania --- 'he conquered by arms, he was conquered by vices.'
- Natural Questions §3.pr.6 Hannibal
The Carthaginian general (247-183 BC) who crossed the Alps to invade Italy in the Second Punic War; Seneca's image of the man who could live without a country but not without an enemy.