Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life (71 page)

Adyn (possibly modern Uthina)
(i)

Aegates Islands (
Map 1
, modern Egadi)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
68

Aemilius Paullus, Lucius (Roman consul at Cannae)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
41

Aeneas
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
17

Aeneid see
Virgil

Aeolian Islands (
Map 1
)
(i)
,
(ii)

see also
Lipara

Aetolian League
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
57

Agathocles, Tyrant of Syracuse
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
nn.
11–14,
(vi)
nn.
78, 79–82,
(vii)
n.
29,
(viii)
n.
30

assault on Utica
(i)

daughter Lanassa marries Pyrrhus
(i)

encourages revolt of the Libyan allies of Carthage
(i)

route of the invasion copied by Romans
(i)

Ager Falernus,
in Campania
(i)

aggression, Roman perception of Carthaginian
(i)

Agrigentum (Acragas,
Map 1
, modern Agrigento)
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
61, 65, 66,
(iii)
n.
68,
(iv)
n.
47,
(v)
n.
1

falls to the Romans (210
BCE
)
(i)

Muttines operates out of
(i)

siege and fall of in First Punic war (261
BCE
)
(i)

taken by Carthage in Second Punic War (213
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)

Akra Leuka (possibly modern Alicante)
(i)
,
(ii)

Alalia (Aleria,
Map 1
), battle of (late sixth century
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
23

alcohol, laws on use at Carthage
(i)

Alexander (III of Macedon, known as ‘the Great’)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
nn.
2, 7,
(xi)
n.
14,
(xii)
n.
23,
(xiii)
n.
2,
(xiv)
n.
18,
(xv)
n.
38,
(xvi)
nn.
15, 17,
(xvii)
nn.
25, 26, 35,
(xviii)
n.
20,
(xix)
nn.
66, 67,
(xx)
n.
30

siege of Tyre
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
33

successors
(i)

in fictional competition with Hannibal
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Alexander of Epirus (uncle of Pyrrhus)
(i)

Alexandria
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
83,
(iii)
n.
48

foundation of and potential rival to Carthage
(i)

allies and alliances
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Carthaginian
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)

Roman
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
n.
54,
(xxiii)
n.
5,

Roman allied casualties at Cannae
(i)

Hannibal’s strategy towards
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
n.
20,
(xxi)
n.
43,
(xxii)
n.
2,
(xxiii)
n.
38

Allobroges, Celtic tribe in the Alps
(i)

Alps
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
n.
37,
(xxii)
nn.
58, 65,
(xxiii)
n.
30,
(xxiv)
n.
46

Col du Clapier
(i)
,
(ii)

Col de la Traversette
(i)

Pleiades
(i)

Ammianus Marcellinus
(i)
n.
3

on the place of Hannibal’s burial
(i)

Amtorgis, Iberian city on the upper Baetis river
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
50

Andalucía
(i)

Andobales, Celiberian chieftain and Carthaginian ally (Indibilis in Livy)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
52

Anio, river
(i)

Antigone, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
(i)

Antigonid, dynasty of Hellenistic monarchs
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
44

Antigonus,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
17

Antiochus III, king of the Seleucid kingdom
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
nn.
25, 26

Apamea, peace of (188
BCE
)
(i)

Aphrodite
see
Venus Erycina

Apollo
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
60

equated to Reshep in the Carthaginian pantheon
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
63,
(iii)
n.
15

Appius Claudius Pulcher (praetor in Sicily 214–213
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
65

Roman consul in 212
BCE
(i)
n.
23

Apulia (
Map 1
), region of southern Italy
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
n.
18,
(xxiv)
nn.
9, 30,
(xxv)
nn.
9, 16

Archimedes
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
72, 73, 75, 4

defence of Syracuse
(i)

death
(i)

legend
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Scorpians,
catapults designed by Archimedes
(i)

Ariminum (
Map 1
, modern Rimini) and the
Ager Gallicus
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
13,
(vii)
n.
32

Ariston of Tyre, agent of Hannibal at Carthage (after
c.
196
BCE
)
(i)

Arno river (in Etruria)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
26

Arpi (
Map 1
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
9

first city in Apulia to join Hannibal after Cannae
(i)

retaken by the Romans in 213
BCE
(i)

Arretium (
Map 1
, modern Arezzo)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
32,
(iv)
n.
29

Arrian, on Alexander’s traits
(i)

Ars Philaeni (
Map 2
), eastern border of Carthaginian territory in North Africa
(i)
n.
6

Artemis, festival celebrated at Syracuse
(i)

Astapa, allies of the Carthaginians in Iberia
(i)

Astarte
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
11,
(iv)
n.
88,
(v)
n.
8,
(vi)
n.
25,
(vii)
nn.
53, 54

see also
Venus Erycina

Asturians
(i)

Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, monument to Hannibal at Gebze
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
44

Athens and Athenian
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
23,
(v)
n.
29,

Atilius Regulus, Marcus (known as Regulus), consul in First Punic War (255
BCE
)

command in First Punic War
(i)

invades Africa after Ecnomus
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
nn.
78, 79, 81,
(v)
n.
30

defeated by Xanthippus and captured
(i)

sent to Rome by Carthage to negotiate a peace deal in
c.
254
BCE
(i)

dies at Carthage
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
85, 88

wife accused of atrocities towards Punic prisoners of war
(i)

Atilius Regulus, Marcus, Roman magistrate (217/216
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Atlantic Ocean and coast of Africa
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
n.
19,
(viii)
n.
30,
(ix)
n.
75

Attalid, Hellenistic rulers and kingdom in Asia Minor, allies of the Romans
(i)
,
(ii)

Aufidius, river
(i)
,
(ii)

Augustus, Rome’s first Emperor
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
35,
(vi)
n.
32,
(vii)
n.
49,
(viii)
n.
19

Ausculum (
Map 1
), location of battle in southern Italy between Pyrrhus and Rome (279
BCE
)
(i)

Autaritus, Gaulish leader of the Mercenary rebellion (241–238
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)

Ba’al (Baal), chief god of the Carthaginian Pantheon
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
34,
(v)
n.
59,
(vi)
n.
88,
(vii)
n.
9,
(viii)
n.
1,
(ix)
n.
4,
(x)
n.
55,
(xi)
n.
21

Ba’al Hammon
see
Ba’al

Ba’al Saphon
(i)
n.21

Baebius Tamphilus, Quintus
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
59

Baecula (
Map 2
, modern Turruñuelos), battle of (208
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
6

Baetis river (
Map 2
, modern Guadalquivir)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
n.
17,
(x)
n.
50

Bagradas river (maps 2 and 3, modern Medjerda)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
41,
(vii)
n.
57

Balaeric slingers
see
Balaeric Islands

Balearic Islands (
Map 2
)
(i)

origin of renowned ‘slingers’ of the Carthaginians
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
20,
(v)
n.
66,
(vi)
n.
59

reportedly first colony of Carthage was at Ebusus (Ibiza),
c.
654
BCE
(i)

surrender to Romans in 217
BCE
(i)

Bantius, Lucius, soldier from Nola favoured by Hannibal
(i)

Barca (surname or epithet), meaning ‘Lightening’
(i)

Barmocar, representative from Carthaginian Senate sent to Philip V of Macedon (215
BCE
)
(i)