Hannibal Barca

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Hannibal (from Punic, literally "Baal is merciful to me", 247 BC – 182 BC) was a politician, statesman and military commander of ancient Carthage.

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  • Liberemus diuturna cura populum Romanum, quando mortem senis exspectare longum censent. (Latin, not original language)
    • Translation: Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.
    • Last words according to Livy "ab urbe condita", Book XXXIX, 51
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  • We will either find a way, or make one - Hannibal in response to the claimed impossibility of crossing the Alps with elephants.
  • "God has given no greater spur to victory than contempt of death."—Hannibal
  • “I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire.”—Hannibalca:Aníbal

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