Hannibal

Family: Carthaginian · Role: general · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 11

In Book 8, Chapter 11, as Flaminius sought to take him alive, Hannibal went to the court of Prusias as a suppliant. Prusias rejected him, and Hannibal fled on horseback. He had an oracle from Ammon that he would die and be buried in Libyssa.

At Libyssa, Hannibal’s finger wound brought on a fever, and he died “the third day after.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Prusias rejected Hannibal as a suppliant, prompting Hannibal to flee on horseback.(Book 8 · Chapter 11 · 📍 the court of Prusias)
  • With: Prusias
  • “he went to the court of Prusias as a suppliant, and being rejected by him mounted his horse”
• Hannibal died from a fever caused by the wound on his finger.(Book 8 · Chapter 11 · 📍 Libyssa)
  • “And he had not gone on many stades when a fever from the wound came on him, and he died the third day after”

Book 8 · Chapter 11

• with Flaminius (Flaminius attempted to capture Hannibal.) “But when Flaminius the Roman made all diligence to take him alive, he went to the court of Prusias as a suppliant, and being rejected by him mounted his horse, and in drawing his sword wounded his finger.”
• with Prusias (Hannibal sought refuge at Prusias's court and was rejected.) “But when Flaminius the Roman made all diligence to take him alive, he went to the court of Prusias as a suppliant, and being rejected by him mounted his horse, and in drawing his sword wounded his finger.”
• with Prusias (Prusias rejected Hannibal.) “But when Flaminius the Roman made all diligence to take him alive, he went to the court of Prusias as a suppliant, and being rejected by him mounted his horse, and in drawing his sword wounded his finger.”
• with Ammon (Ammon's oracle foretold Hannibal's death and burial at Libyssa.) “For Hannibal had an oracle from Ammon that he would die and be buried in Libyssa.”
• with Flaminius (Flaminius attempted to capture Hannibal alive.) “But when Flaminius the Roman made all diligence to take him alive, he went to the court of Prusias as a suppliant”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.