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Authors: Eve MacDonald
Hannibalic (Barcid)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
33,
(iv)
n.
27,
(v)
nn.
63, 64
Mercenary
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
24,
(iv)
n.
39
Cold War nostalgia
(i)
Colonia Iulia Concordia Karthago
, Roman colony at the site of Carthage
(i)
Gracchan colony of 122
BCE
(i)
n.
4
comitia centuriata,
assembly of Roman citizens
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
59
Compsa (
Map 1
), strategic city on border of Campania/Apulia
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
8
conscription, Carthaginian
(i)
Constantine
see
Cirta
Constantine, fourth century
CE
Roman emperor, dream before battle of Milvian Bridge
(i)
Corcyra (modern Corfu)
(i)
Corinth and Corinthian
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
38,
(iii)
n.
38,
(iv)
n.
56
Cornelius Lentulus, Lucius, Roman senator
(i)
Cornelius Nepos
biographer of Hamilcar and Hannibal
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
14,
(v)
n.
33
erroneous claims
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
48,
(iii)
n.
28
Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, Publius, adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus, destroys Carthage in 146
BCE
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
82,
(iii)
n.
70,
(iv)
n.
2
Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Publius, referred to here as Scipio
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
71
at Locri with Hannibal
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
26, 27, 28
at Tarraco (modern Tarragona)
(i)
Baecula, battle of (208
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
9
Great Plains, battle of (203
BCE
)
(i)
burning of the camps (203
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
37
curule aedile
(i)
,
(ii)
nn.
58, 65
defends Hannibal in Rome
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
13
legend and divine parentage
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
68,
(iii)
n.
1
fights at Cannae
(i)
founds Roman colony at Italica
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
48
Iberians and Celtiberians
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
50,
(iii)
n.
83,
(iv)
n.
50
Ilipa, battle of (206
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
17,
(iii)
n.
45
in John Milton’s
Paradise Lost
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
66
invasion of Africa, courts the Numdian kings (204–203
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
60,
(v)
n.
57,
(vi)
n.
47,
(vii)
n.
54,
(viii)
n.
4,
(ix)
nn.
7, 8, 9, 16,
(x)
n.
30,
(xi)
n.
33, 34, 35
kept in charge of army in Africa through allies in the Senate at Rome
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
12,
(iii)
n.
68
mutiny of troops in Spain
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
52,
(iii)
n.
61,
(iv)
n.
13
negotiations with Carthage
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
43, 45, 46,
(iv)
n.
61
oath to defend the Republic
(i)
proconsular imperium in Spain (210
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
78,
(iv)
n.
59
saves his father at Ticinus (218
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
10,
(iii)
n.
63
at New Carthage (209
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
47,
(iii)
n.
77
troop numbers
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
80,
(iii)
n.
43,
(iv)
n.
15
with Hannibal at Ephesus
(i)
,
(ii)
Zama, battle of (202
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
nn.
73, 74
Cornelius Scipio, Gnaeus
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
nn.
62, 67,
(vii)
n.
45
death
(i)
Cornelius Scipio, Publius (the elder)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
nn.
8, 15,
(xi)
n.
32,
(xii)
n.
45
death
(i)
corvus (corax), Roman adaptation to naval tactics in the First Punic War
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
nn.
67, 75,
(v)
n.
86
Cosa, Etruscan port of
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
44
Cosentia (
Map 1
modern Cosenza)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
Cretans, unit sent to Rome from Hiero II of Syracuse after Trasimeno
(i)
Crispinus, Titus Quinctius Roman consul (208
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
24
Crotona (
Map 1
) city in Bruttium
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
62,
(v)
n.
55
crucifixion, as punishment for failed Carthaginian generals
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
82,
(v)
n.
51
twenty-five slaves crucified in Rome (217
BCE
)
(i)
Cumae (
Map 1
), city on the coast of Campania
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
22
curule chair, gift to important client kings (i.e. Syphax and Ptolemy of Egypt)
(i)
Cynoscephalae, final battle between Philip V of Macedon and Romans (197
BCE
)
(i)
Cyrus, Persian king
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
35
David, painter of the French revolution
(i)
Delphi, oracle of Apollo at
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
27,
(iv)
n.
58
Demeter (Roman Ceres), goddess of grain and fertility, brought to Carthage from Sicily
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
96
worship at Rome cancelled after Cannae
(i)
Demetrius of Pharos (Illyrian king)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
Demetrius Poliorcetes, Hellenistic king
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
17
Helepolis
, Hellenistic siege engine
(i)
deserters
Roman
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
Carthaginian
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
36
dictator and dictatorship
(i)
Dido, Queen of Carthage, also known as Elissa (Greek) and Elishat (Phoenician)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
21,
(vi)
n.
93,
(vii)
n.
6
and Aeneas
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
14,
(iv)
nn.
15, 17
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
(i)
nn.
21, 29
Dionysius of Syracuse
(i)
n.
19
Djebel es Serra (referred to as The Saw)
(i)
Drepanum (
Map 1
, modern Trapani), Carthaginian allied city on the west coast of Sicily
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
, Plate 2
Durance river (
Map 2
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
nn.
52, 54
earrings, as worn by Carthaginian men
(i)
,
(ii)
Ebro river (
Map 2
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
n.
78,
(xiii)
n.
42,
(xiv)
n.
65,
(xv)
n.
52
treaty of
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
64
Ebusus (Ibiza), first Carthaginian colony founded seventh century
BCE
(i)
,
(ii)
Ecnomus, battle of
see under
First Punic War
elephants
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
n.
13,
(xviii)
n.
48,
(xix)
n.
43,
(xx)
n.
19,
(xxi)
n.
7
in Hannibal’s army
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
n.
32,
(xii)
n.
47,
(xiii)
nn.
49, 50, 51; crossing the Alps
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; crossing the Rhône
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
55
Elishat
see
Dido
Elissa
see
Dido
Elymians, Carthaginian allies in Sicily
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
8,
(iii)
n.
53
Emporia, cities on the coast of North Africa
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
47
Emporium (Empurias,
Map 2
, modern Ampurias), Greek/Massalian colony on the coast of Iberia
(i)
,
(ii)
Ennius, author of second century
BCE
Latin epic poetry on Roman history
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n
66,
(v)
n.
1,
(vi)
nn.
4, 11
Epicydes, envoy of Hannibal sent to king of Syracuse (215
BCE
)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
Epipolae, neighbourhood in Syracuse
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n.
68
Epirus (
Map 1
), Adriatic kingdom of Hellenistic king, Pyrrhus
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
equites
(knights)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
Erytheia (
Map 2
) equated with Gades by ancient authors
(i)
Eryx (
Map 1
, modern Erice)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
n.
8,
(vii)
n.
25,
(viii)
n.
53, Plate 2
Eshmun, Carthaginian deity
(i)
n.
60,
(ii)
n.
15
Temple at Carthage
(i)
,
(ii)
n.
59
Temple at New Carthage
(i)
,
(ii)
meeting place of the Senate
(i)
Etruria and Etruscans
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
n.
12,
traditional allies of the Carthaginians,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
n.
8,
(v)
n.
48,
(vi)
n.
48;
and see
Alalia
Lar Felsnas, Etruscan who ‘fought with Hannibal’s men’
(i)