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Hannibal
(han′ə bəl)
247-183? ; Carthaginian general: crossed the Alps to invade Italy in 218
See Hannibal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps in 218 with about 35,000 men and routed Roman armies at Lake Trasimeno (217) and Cannae (216). He was later defeated at the Battle of Zama (202).
A city of northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River northwest of St. Louis. It is famous as the boyhood home of Mark Twain. Population: 17,600.
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