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  Epicydes, Syracusan officer in Hannibal’s army

  epigraphy see inscriptions

  Epirus (Albania)

  Molossian troops

  see also Pyrrhus

  Erymanthian boar, legend of

  Erythia, mythical island

  Erythrae, Greek island

  Eryx, king in Sicily

  Eryx, Sicily

  Aphrodite/Astarte

  capture by Pyrrhus

  Carthaginian attempt to recapture (244 BC)

  Eshmoun, god

  and Greek god Aesculapius

  Etruria, Italy

  alliance with Carthage

  and Heracles

  trade with

  under Roman control

  Etruscan language, on Pyrgi Tablets

  Etruscans

  adoption of Odysseus

  trade networks

  Euboea, island

  pottery

  settlement of Ischia

  trade

  Eudoxius of Cnidus, Greek author

  euhemerism (gods as deified humans)

  Euhemerus, Greek philosopher

  Euhesperides, Greek settlement

  Eumenes, king of Pergamum

  Evander, mythical king

  evocatio, Roman religious ritual

  exploration

  Carthaginian

  Greek

  Fabii, Roman senatorial family

  Fabius Maximus, Quintus (Cunctator), as autocrat

  ambush in Vulturnus valley

  consulships

  and removal of temple of Hercules to Capitol and Scipio statue of Heracles on Capitol

  Fabius Pictor, Quintus, Roman senator

  Annales

  Fabius, Roman envoy to Carthage

  faience, Phoenician

  famine, Carthage (256–255 BC)

  Fauna, wife of Faunus

  Faunus, mythical king

  Fides, temple to

  fides, Roman virtue

  and Roman faithlessness

  fides Punica (Roman idiom of faithlessness)

  fire

  at end of siege

  regenerative powers of (egersis)

  First Punic War (264–241 BC)

  battle of Mylae

  build-up to

  Carthaginian strategy in Sicily

  defeat of Carthage

  effect on economy

  Roman campaign in North Africa (256–255 BC)

  Sicily

  terms of peace treaty

  fish salting, Morocco

  Flaminius Nepos, Gaius, consul (217)

  Flaminius, Titus Quinctius, Roman general

  Flaubert, Gustave, Salammbô

  Flavius Hannibalianus

  food

  imports

  livestock

  from Sardinia

  variety, from hinterlands

  wild birds

  Fortuna, Roman goddess

  foundation myths

  Elissa

  Heracles and

  Rome

  settlement of Azoros and Carchedon

  synchronicity of foundation of Rome and Carthage

  France

  19th-century see also Gaul

  Franko, George

  Fronda, Michael

  Frusino, Italy, hermaphrodite child born

  Fulvius Centumalus, Gnaeus, Roman pro-consul

  Fulvius Flaccus, Quintus, censor (174/173)

  Fulvius Flaccus, Quintus, Roman general

  furniture, inlays for

  Gabon

  Gades, Tyrian colony

  Barcid mints

  Carthage and

  Carthaginian retreat to

  Hannibal at

  Heracles at

  public buildings

  surrender to Rome (206)

  temple of Melqart

  Gaius Claudius, Roman tribune

  Gammarth, villa estate

  garum (fish sauce)

  Gades

  Kerkouane

  Morocco

  Gaul (France)

  Hannibal in see also Cisalpine Gaul

  Gauls

  Celts in Alpine regions

  equated with Hyperboreans

  as mercenaries

  sack of Rome (387 BC)

  Gela, Sicily, Greek city

  Gelon, ruler of Syracuse

  and battle of Himera

  death of

  settlement with Carthage

  Geminus, Gnaeus Servilius, consul (217)

  Genna Maria, Sicily, shrine of Demeter

  Geryon, ogre

  earliest versions

  at Gades

  Geryoneis (poem)

  Gielly, Paul, discovery of tophet

  Gisco, Carthaginian governor of Lilybaeum (241 BC)

  murder of

  and negotiation with mercenaries

  Gisco, Carthaginian senator (202 BC)

  glass, Phoenician

  gods

  and Greek heroes

  list appended to treaty with Philip of Macedon (215)

  see also individual gods and goddesses; religion

  gold, from Africa

  gold objects, Pyrgi Tablets

  golden heifer, story of

  Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius, Roman senator

  Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, consul

  grave goods

  hatchet razors

  graves

  mass

  see also burials; tophets

  Gravisca, Etruscan port

  Great Britain

  American view of

  French view of

  see also Britain

  Greece

  antipathy to Phoenicians

  colonization

  development of religion

  identity as superior

  influence of Phoenicia on

  lack of silver

  myths and legends

  rise of

  and Syracuse

  temple building

  trade

  war with Persia

  see also Athens

  Greek culture

  influence on Carthage

  Near Eastern influences on

  Roman elite interest in

  in Sicily

  Greek literature, influences on

  Greek writers, and foundation of Rome

  Greeks

  mercenaries in Carthaginian armies

  narrative of Carthaginian aggression

  in Sicily

  in Spain

  stereotypes of Carthaginians

  Green, Peter

  Greene, Joseph

  guest-friendship

  guilds

  Guinea-Bissau, Hanno’s voyage to

  Gulussa, son of Masinissa

  Hadad, Carthaginian god

  Hadrumetum, port, Libya

  Halaisa, Sicily

  Hamilcar Barca (c.270–228)

  colonization of Spain

  death

  expeditionary force to Spain and Mercenaries’ Revolt

  popular support for

  rise of

  Roman embassy to

  and use of Heracles/Melqart on coins

  Hamilcar, Carthaginian commander (320s BC), and Agathocles

  Hamilcar, Carthaginian commander in Sicily (256 BC)

  Hamilcar (Magonid leader in Carthage)

  and battle of Himera (480 BC)

  death

  posthumous reputation

  Hamilcar ‘Rodanus’ (332 BC),

  audience with Alexander the Great

  Hamilcar the Samnite

  Hamilcar, son of Gisco, commander in Sicily

  Hamilcar, son of Mago

  (6th century)

  Hannibal, meaning of name

  Hannibal Barca, son of Hamilcar (247–182 BC)

  AS MILITARY COMMANDER; propaganda to ensure support; relations with Carthage/ Council of Elders

  army of see below and Saguntum

  SECOND PUNIC WAR; advance to Rome

  ;
Cannae;

  at Capua; choice of overland route to Rome;

  crossing of Alps,

  ; dream of divine sanction;

  and end of war;

  and Fabius cunctator;

  intentions after Cannae; journey over the Alps; march to gates of Rome; miscalculation of Rome; policy towards Italians

  recalled to Carthage; and sanctuary of Juno

  ; and Scipio in North Africa; and symbolism of HeraclesMelqart;

  Trasimene; treaty with Philip of Macedonia; winter on Adriatic (217)

  LAST YEARS: and Antiochus; exile and death; later political career; reburied by Emperor Septimius Severus; Roman view of as hero

  Hannibal Barca, son of Hamilcar, army of

  Balearic slingers

  cavalry

  desertions from

  infantry

  loyalty

  need for reinforcements after Cannae

  and return to North Africa

  Hannibal, co-general with Hamilcar Barca (238 BC)

  Hannibal, grandson of Hamilcar (Magonid)

  campaign in Sicily (409 BC)

  death

  and siege of Selinus

  Hannibal Monomachus

  Hannibal, naval commander (260 BC)

  Hannibal Tapapius Rufus, of Leptis Magna

  Hannibal ‘the Rhodian’, and blockade of Lilybaeum

  Hanno, Carthaginian admiral, (240s BC)

  Hanno, Carthaginian commander at Cape Ecnomus (256 BC)

  Hanno, Carthaginian commander of garrison at Messana (264 BC)

  Hanno, Carthaginian general (310 BC)

  Hanno, nephew of Hannibal

  at Cannae

  and crossing of Rhône

  Hanno, opponent of Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal

  commander against rebel mercenaries

  diatribes against Hannibal

  and end of Second Punic War

  envoy to mercenaries in Sicily (241 BC)

  faction in Council of Elders

  and Third Punic War

  Hanno, Periplus (voyage of)

  Hanno, son of Hannibal, Carthaginian commander

  Hanno ‘the Great’ (I) attempted coup (365 BC)

  Hanno ‘the Great’ (II), and Numidia (240s BC)

  Hanno, character in play (stereotype)

  harbours, Carthage

  commercial

  military

  Roman mole to blockade

  Harris, William

  Hasdrubal, brother of Hannibal

  crossing to Italy

  death

  defeat at Hibera

  defence of Spain

  in Italy

  Hasdrubal, Carthaginian commander (First Punic War)

  Hasdrubal, Carthaginian general

  at Cannae

  military tyranny

  and siege of Carthage (149–146)

  wife’s death at end of siege

  Hasdrubal, Carthaginian general on Numidian campaign

  Hasdrubal Gisco

  embassy to Rome

  in Spain

  and Scipio Africanus

  Hasdrubal Haedus, Carthaginian senator

  Hasdrubal, philosopher see Clitomachus

  Hasdrubal, son of Mago (6th century)

  Hasdrubal, son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca

  assassination

  relations with Carthage

  Roman embassy to

  as successor to Hamilcar

  Heaney, Seamus

  Hecataeus of Miletus, geographer

  Hecate, Greek goddess

  Hecatompylon, Numidian town

  Heircte, heights of, Sicily

  Hellenicus of Lesbos, Greek writer

  Hera, Greek goddess (Juno)

  Heraclea, battles of (279 BC)

  Heraclea, Sicily

  Heraclean Way

  Augustus’s new road

  Heracleium, spring

  Heracles (Hercules), Greek hero

  association with Melqart

  and early Rome

  euhemeristic account of journey to Italy

  lionskin headdress

  on rebel mercenaries’ coins

  significance of

  sojourn in Rome

  wanderings of

  see also Hercules

  Heracles/Melqart

  association with Hannibal

  on Barcid coins

  Hercle, Etruscan version of Heracles

  Hercules

  Italian version of Heracles

  popularity in central Italy

  Hercules Invictus (‘the Invincible’), Roman cult of

  Herdonea, battle of (210)

  Hermippus, Athenian poet

  Hermocrates, Syracusan general

  Herodotus

  on barter in Africa

  battle of Himera

  on battle of Salamis

  story of Dorieus

  visit to temple of Melqart in Tyre

  heroes, Greek

  Hesiod, Greek poet

  Hesperides, garden of the

  Hiarbus, Libyan king

  Hibera, Battle of (216)

  Hiero, ruler of Syracuse

  coinage

  death

  loans to Rome

  Hieronymus, ruler of Syracuse

  Himera

  battle of (483 BC)

  impact in Sicily

  repercussions

  Himera, Sicily Carthaginian assault on

  Himilcar, and siege of Acragas,

  Himilco, Carthaginian commander in Lilybaeum (250 BC)

  Himilco, Carthaginian general, exploration into Atlantic

  Himilco, Carthaginian general (2), campaign against Dionysius of Syracuse

  Himilco, pro-Barcid councillor

  Hippacritae, besieged by mercenaries

  Hippocrates, Syracusan officer in Hannibal’s army

  Hipponium, Calabria

  Hiram, king of Tyre

  historians and historiography

  classical

  Greek

  Greek source of foundation myth

  Hannibal and

  Roman

  Roman epic poets

  Sicilian Greek

  sources for history of Carthage

  Hittite Empire

  Homer

  Iliad

  Odyssey

  Horace, and Regulus legend

  horse, as symbol of Carthage

  Horus, eye of

  Hostilius Mancinus, Lucius, Roman general

  houses

  Carthage

  Kerkouane

  Selinus

  Hoyos, Dexter

  Huelva, Spain

  Phoenician emporium

  smelting furnaces

  Hyperboreans, mythical people

  Hyperboreos, leader of Hyperboreans

  Iberian peninsula

  western coast

  see also Spain

  Iberians

  in Hannibal’s army

  as mercenaries

  Ibiza

  see also Ebusus

  Icard, François, discovery of tophet

  Ida, Mount (near Troy)

  Ilergetes tribe, Spain

  Ilipa, battle of (206)

  Illyria (Slovenia and Croatia)

  industries

  luxury goods manufacture

  see also metalworking; purple dye

  inscriptions

  bilingual Punic and Latin

  Entella bronze tablets

  graves

  Hannibal Tapapius Rufus in

  Leptis Magna

  Heracles/Melqart

  Punic, in Latium

  references to molk

  references to Tyre in Carthage

  votive offerings

  Insubres, Gallic tribe in northern Italy

  Ioloas, nephew of Heracles

  Ipsus, battle of (301 BC)

  Iraq, and metaphor of Carthage

  Ireland

  Ireland

  Himilco’s voyage to

  i
ron goods

  tools

  weapons

  iron ores

  Ischia

  Sardinia

  irrigation

  Ischia, Greek settlement at Pithecusa

  Israel (Judah), relations with Tyre

  Israelites, practice of molk

  Italy

  central

  northern

  southern see Magna Graecia

  see also Campania; Capua; Etruria; Latium; Rome

  Ithobaal I, king of Tyre

  ivory

  carving

  plaques

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jerusalem, Tyrian-built buildings

  jewellery, Phoenician

  jewellery-making

  Carthage

  Sardinia

  Jezebel, wife of King Ahab of Israel

  Juba II, king of Numidia

  Julius Caesar, and dream of rebuilding Carthage

  Juno Averna, goddess

  Juno, Roman goddess

  associated with Tanit and Astarte

  and Etruscan Iuni

  hostility to Rome

  as patron deity of Carthage

  temple at Cape Lacinium

  Junonia, proposed new colony at Carthage

  Justin, Roman historian

  on Hamilcar Rodanus

  Kaizu

  Kerkouane, Cap Bon, Libya, Carthaginian settlement

  Khorsabad (Dur-Sharrukin), bas relief

  Kition, Cyprus

  cult of Melqart

  Heracles statuettes

  Phoenician kings

  Phoenician settlement

  revolt against Tyre

  kolokasion plant, symbolism of

  Kommos, Crete

  La Turbie (end of Via Julia Augusta)

  Lancel, Serge

  land reform, Rome

  language

  Etruscan

  Phoenicia

  Punic

  on Pyrgi Tablet

  see also writing

  Latinus, founder of Latin people

  Latium

  under Roman control

  Lavinium, Latium

  leather goods, Sicily

  Lebanon, modern

  Lefkandi, Euboea

  Leptis Magna

  inscription of Hannibal Tapapius Rufus

  libraries, Carthage

  Libya

  relations between Carthage and Libyans

  see also Hadrumetum

  Libyans

  alliance with mercenaries

  in Hannibal’s army

  Licinus Crassus, Publius, consul

  Ligurians

  Heracles and

  as mercenaries

  Lilybaeum, Sicily (Marsala)

  First Punic War

  foundation

  resistance to Pyrrhus

  Roman blockade of

  Lipara, Aeolian Islands

  Livy

  on Cannae

  and Carthage as moral antithesis to Rome

  on Carthaginian Council of Elders

  effect on Romans of Hannibal’s campaign

  on Hamilcar Barca

  on Hannibal

  on Hannibal at Capua

  Hannibal’s crossing of Alps

  on Hannibal’s intentions towards Rome

  on Hannibal’s later years

  on Hannibal’s recall to Carthage

  Hanno’s attacks on Barcids

  on human sacrifice

  on Numidia

  on Regulus

  on Scipio

  on Scipio Nascia

 

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