Hannibal the Rhodian

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Hannibal (

Lilybaeum, he entered the city with provisions and troops in a bold move in full view of the Romans.^[3]

He was able to use the superior speed of his specially built ship to avoid the Roman fleet and gain valuable intelligence that he reported to the Carthaginian commander

quadrireme. The Romans used his ship to thwart subsequent Carthaginian blockade runners and modeled their subsequent naval vessels on it.^[5]

See also

Other Hannibals in Carthaginian history

References

Citations

^ Huss (1985), p. 565.
^ Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage, p. 117.
^ Polybius. The Histories I.46.
^ Polybius. The Histories I.46.
^ Polybius. The Histories I.59.

Bibliography

Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck,
ISBN 9783406306549
. (in German)

Polybius, The Rise of the Roman Empire, Book I, Ch. 46 & 59.

v t e Notable Carthaginians
	Adherbal (admiral) Adherbal (governor) Barcids Hamilcar Barca Hannibal Barca Hasdrubal Barca Hasdrubal the Fair Mago Barca Carthalo Dido Hamilcar (Drepanum) Hannibal Gisco Hannibal Monomachus Hannibal the Rhodian Hanno the Elder Hanno the Great Hanno the Navigator Hanno, son of Bomilcar Hasdrubal Gisco Hasdrubal the Boetharch Hasdrubal (quartermaster) Himilco Himilco (commander of Lilybaeum) Himilco (fl. 3rd century BC) Mago (agricultural writer) Magonids Maharbal Phameas Sophonisba
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