This man had his brother's severed head thrown into his tent near the Metaurus River, and he lost use of one eye from infection; later, he swallowed poison from a ring to kill himself while exiled to Bithynia.
This man had his brother's severed head thrown into his tent near the Metaurus River, and he lost use of one eye from infection; later, he swallowed poison from a ring to kill himself while exiled to Bithynia. He faced the hot-headed Flaminius at Lake Trasimene, and another of his enemies was called "Cunctator" for his delaying tactics. He used the double-envelopment tactic to win at Cannae, and was finally defeated at Zama by Scipio Africanus. For 10 points, name this Carthaginian general who, in order to invade Rome, took his war elephants when crossing the Alps.
This man had his brother's severed head thrown into his tent near the Metaurus River, and he lost use of one eye from infection; later, he swallowed poison from a ring to kill himself while exiled to Bithynia.
Hannibal Barca