Let us relieve the Romans from the anxiety they have so long experienced, since they think it tries their patience too much to wait for an old man's death.
— Hannibal Barca Ancient

Carthaginian general

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Before committing suicide to avoid capture by the Romans

Date / Period

183 BCE

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Nepos/Hannibal*.html

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