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Hasdrubal
[ haz-droo-buhl, haz-droo- ]
noun
- died 207 b.c., Carthaginian general (brother of Hannibal).
- died 221 b.c., Carthaginian general (brother-in-law of Hannibal).
Hasdrubal
/ ˈhæzdrʊbəl /
noun
- Hasdrubal207 bcMCarthaginianMILITARY: general died 207 bc , Carthaginian general: commanded the Carthaginian army in Spain (218–211); joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed at the Metaurus
Example Sentences
Annabeth cut down Hasdrubal the Carthaginian, and Jason made the mistake of sheathing his sword.
‘That rogue with the turkey leg in his mouth,’ Antinous continued, ‘that’s Hasdrubal of Carthage. He has a grudge to settle with Rome.’
No such brutality stains his name as that perpetrated by Claudius Nero on the vanquished Hasdrubal.
Hasdrubal, son-in-law of the conqueror, was the founder of Cartagena, or New Carthage, the centre of Carthaginian rule in Spain, and the wealthiest city of the Peninsula.
Much older than Murcia, Cartagena has preserved even fewer monuments of antiquity, though it has not lost the military character first impressed upon it by its founder Hasdrubal.
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