Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life (76 page)

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Authors: Eve MacDonald

Libyans
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
nn.
24, 31, 32,
(xviii)
n.
39,
(xix)
n.
57,
(xx)
n.
5,
(xxi)
n.
54,
(xxii)
n.
41,
(xxiii)
n.
30

infantry in Hannibal’s army armed with weapons from Trasimeno
(i)
,
(ii)

Libyphoenician
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
nn.
25, 32,
(viii)
nn.
47, 57

Libyssa
see
Hannibal Barca, exile and death at Libyssa

Licinius Crassus, Publius, consul (205
BCE
)
(i)

Liguria and Ligurians, mercenary soldiers used by Carthage and Hannibal
(i)
,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
n.
10,
(xvi)
n.
20,
(xvii)
n.
59,
(xviii)
n.
9

Lilybaeum (
Map 1
, modern Marsala)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
n.
29

Lipara (
Map 1
, modern Lipari)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

see also
Aeolian Islands

Livy, as author of
Ab urbe condita
(i)
nn.
2, 6

on Hannibal’s character
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
n.
7,
(xii)
n.
45,
(xiii)
n.
72,
(xiv)
nn.
59, 61, 62

on Capua
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
17

confused chronology and numbers in Iberia
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
24,
(v)
nn.
58, 62,
(vi)
n.
40,
(vii)
n.
47,
(viii)
nn.
73, 77,
(ix)
nn.
1, 6, 8,
(x)
n.
46

on the period before Zama
vs
Polybius
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
46,
(iii)
n.
74

as the source for later historians and Medieval and Renaissance writers
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,
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,
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,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
34

Locri (in Bruttium,
Map 1
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
27,
(iii)
n.
54,
(iv)
n. 15

pro Hannibalic city
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)

first meeting of Hannibal and Scipio
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
26

Lucania and Lucanians
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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)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
n.
26

Luceria (
Map 1
)
(i)
,
(ii)

Lucian of Samosata, author of second century
CE
comic prose
Dialogues of the Dead
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
27, 28

Lusitania
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
75

Lutatius, peace of to end the First Punic War (241
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
nn.
14, 16,
(v)
n.
64

Macedon and Macedonians
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
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,
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,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
nn.
17, 19,
(xviii)
n.
27,
(xix)
n.
48,
(xx)
n.
67

Magilus, Celtic chieftain, ally of Hannibal
(i)

Magna Graecia
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
n.
27,
(ix)
n.
8,
(x)
n.
14

Magnesia, battle of (190
BCE
)
(i)

Mago Barca, Hannibal’s youngest brother
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
34,
(iv)
n.
22

travels with Hannibal to Italy
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

sent to Carthage with rings from the dead
equites
at Cannae
(i)
,
(ii)

diverted to Spain and campaigns there
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
67,
(vii)
n.
75

defeated with Hasdrubal Gisgo at Illipa
(i)

at Gades
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
9

at Genua (modern Genoa) and among the Ligurians
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
55,
(vii)
n.
19

death
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
48,
(iii)
n.
59,
(iv)
n.
9,
(v)
n.
28

Mago, ‘the Samnite’, commander in Hannibal’s army
(i)

Mago, agronomist and author of a famous Carthaginian treatise
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
41,
(iii)
n.
86

Mago, Carthaginian envoy sent from Hannibal to Philip V
(i)
,
(ii)

Mago, Carthaginian general who offers alliance to Rome during Pyrrhus’ invasion
(i)
n.
34

Maharbal, son of Himilco, Hannibal’s lieutenant
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
n.
71,
(vi)
n.
54

Mamertines, mercenaries named the ‘men of Mamers’ after Oscan god of war
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
50

Manduria, town east of Tarentum
(i)

Manlius Torquatus, Titus, Roman dictator (208
BCE
)
(i)

Manlius Vulso, Lucius, sent to control the Boii Gauls (218
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Marcellus, Marcus Claudius, consul
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
80

defends Nola (216
BCE
)
(i)

elected consul but disallowed
(i)

goes to Sicily in 214
BCE
and takes Syracuse (212
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
nn.
65, 66,
(vi)
nn.
79, 84, 4, 5,
(vii)
n.
4

as consul (208
BCE
) dies fighting Hannibal
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
24

poem by Horace
(i)

Marcellus, Marcus Claudius, son of consul
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
16

Masaesyli, Numidian realm of Syphax
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Masinissa, prince then king of the Massyli
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,
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,
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,
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,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
n.
36,
(xx)
nn.
52, 53, 54,
(xxi)
n.
70,
(xxii)
nn.
2, 3, 5,
(xxiii)
nn.
6–10,
(xxiv)
nn.
22–24, 30,
(xxv)
nn.
39, 40, 46,
(xxvi)
n.
66,
(xxvii)
n.
2,
(xxviii)
n.
17

Massalia, Massalians (modern Marseille)
(i)
,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
nn.
22, 23,
(xii)
n.
50

Massyli, Numidian realm of Masinissa
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
17

Mathos, Libyan leader of mercenary rebellion
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,
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,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Mauri, Numidian kingdom
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
24

McGuinness, Frank
(i)

Melqart, important god at Carthage and Tyre
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

ritual of resurrection,
egersis
(i)
n.
93,
(ii)
nn.
24, 25

temple at Gades and syncretised to Herakles
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
89,
(vi)
n.
18,
(vii)
n.
22,
(viii)
n.
53

Hannibal’s pilgrimage and patronage
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
33,
(vi)
n.
42

tribute paid by Carthage to temple at Tyre
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
34

tied to the foundation of Carthage
(i)
,
(ii)

Mens, Roman cult of
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
58

mercenary soldiers
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,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
n.
64,
(x)
n.
21,
(xi)
n.
1

Mercenary War (241–238
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
18,
(vii)
nn.
19, 28,
(viii)
n.
34,
(ix)
n.
56,
(x)
n.
15,
(xi)
n.
35,
(xii)
n.
43

Messana (
Map 1
, modern Messina)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
82

Metapontum (
Map 1
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
27

Metaurus (
Map 1
), battle of (207
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
4,
(vi)
nn.
30, 35,
(vii)
n.
13

Metellus, Quintus Caecilius, debate about end of Hannibalic War
(i)

Metilius, Marcus, Tribune in Rome (217
BCE
)
(i)

Miller, Arthur, Carthaginians and Sicilians in
A View From the Bridge
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
99,
(iii)
n.
48

Minucius Rufus, Marcus,
magister equitum
and the co-dictator in Rome (217
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
nn.
20, 21