 Hannibal the Rhodian

Hannibal (, ), distinguished by Polybius as (, "Hanníbas epikaloúmenos Rhódios") was a prominent Carthaginian.During the First Punic War, when the Romans were besieging Lilybaeum, he was able to use the superior speed of his specially built ship to avoid the Roman fleet and gain valuable intelligence that he reported to the Carthaginian commander Adherbal and to the Carthaginian Senate.