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Ilipa

(Encyclopedia) IlipaIlipaĭlˈĭpə [key], ancient town of Spain, near the modern Seville. Here Scipio Africanus Major defeated (206 b.c.) the Carthaginian forces after Hasdrubal had fled to Gaul. The…

Fabius

(Encyclopedia) FabiusFabiusfāˈbēəs [key], ancient Roman gens. The family was most distinguished from the 5th cent. b.c. onward. However, little is known of the early members. Quintus Fabius Vibulanus…

Carthage, ancient city, N Africa

(Encyclopedia) CarthageCarthagekärˈthĭj [key], ancient city, on the northern shore of Africa, on a peninsula in the Bay of Tunis and near modern Tunis. The Latin name, Carthago or Cartago, was…

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

(Encyclopedia) Calderón de la Barca, PedroCalderón de la Barca, Pedropāˈᵺrō käldārōnˈ dā lä bärˈkä [key], 1600–1681, Spanish dramatist, last important figure of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Madrid.…

Flamininus, Titus Quinctius

(Encyclopedia) Flamininus, Titus QuinctiusFlamininus, Titus Quinctiustīˈtəs kwĭngkˈshəs flămĭnīˈnəs [key], c.230–175 b.c., Roman general and statesman. He served in the Second Punic War against…

Varro, Caius Terentius

(Encyclopedia) Varro, Caius TerentiusVarro, Caius Terentiuskāˈyəs tĭrĕnˈshəs vârˈō [key], fl. 216 b.c., Roman statesman and general. Consul in 216 b.c., he opposed Hannibal at the battle of Cannae,…

Hamilcar

(Encyclopedia) HamilcarHamilcarhămˈĭlkär, həmĭlˈ– [key], fl. 480 b.c., Carthaginian general. Little is known of him, although he was a member of the powerful Barca family. He commanded an army…

Scipio

(Encyclopedia) ScipioScipiosĭpˈēō [key], ancient Roman family of the Cornelian gens. They were patricians. During the 3d and 2d cent. b.c. they were distinguished by their love of Greek culture and…

Flaminius, Caius

(Encyclopedia) Flaminius, CaiusFlaminius, Caiuskāˈəs fləmĭnˈēəs, kīˈəs [key], d. 217 b.c., Roman statesman and general. In his tribuneship (232) he sponsored an agrarian law for the benefit of the…