The sonne of Hamilcar, the most noble and valiant captaine of the Carthaginenses, who making warre with the Romaines sirteene yeares, contended with them in prowesse and pollicie, winnyng from them their dominions in Spaine and Italie. Finallie, being vanquished by Scipio, he fled to Antiochus king of Asia, afterward to Prusias king of Bithynia, of whom vnder the colour of amitie, hee was betrayed, and shoulde baue beene deliuered to Flaminius, that time Ambassadour to Prusias: but Hannibal perceyuing it, choosing rather to die, then to come into the handes of the Romaines, tooke poyson, which he kept for that purpose, saying, let vs deliuer the Romaines srom the care and feare which they haue of vs with a fewe more wordes of indignation, and so died, before he might be deliuered. Some write this name without H.