A former Democrat Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was nominated for Vice President to balance the ticket.

In addition, Raimi needed $ 3 million to finish his movie, but Universal was not willing to give him the money and delayed its release because they were upset that De Laurentiis would not give them the rights to the Hannibal Lecter character so that they could film a sequel to Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs.

They also fought alongside Hannibal, killing ( in 216 BC ) the Roman general L. Postumius Albinus, whose skull was then turned into a sacrificial bowl.

In volume 21 of his work Ab Urbe Condita, Livy ( 59 BC-17 AD ) claims that it was a Boian man that offered to show Hannibal the way across the Alps.

Although he was aware that the Bastarnae were hardly likely to achieve the same success as Hannibal some 40 years earlier, and would most likely end up cut to pieces by the Romans, Philip hoped that the Romans would be distracted long enough to allow him to reoccupy his former possessions in Greece.

Transparent and flexible film base material, celluloid, was discovered and refined for photographic use by John Carbutt, Hannibal Goodwin, and George Eastman.

It was Fabius Buteo, his kinsman who formally declared war in the Carthaginian Senate after the capture of Saguntum by Hannibal ( Liv.

Fabius was well aware of the military superiority of the Carthaginians, and so Fabius refused to meet Hannibal in a pitched battle.

He realized what would happen when Minucius was defeated in battle by Hannibal.

Fabius, we are told, reminded Minucius that it was Hannibal, and not he, who was the enemy.

" It was only after Fabius had saved him from an attack by Hannibal that Minucius placed himself under Fabius ' command.

Fabius continued to argue that confronting Hannibal directly was too dangerous.

It was the first invasion of the peninsula, apart from its remotest northern regions, since the days of Hannibal, 500 years before.

Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca ( 247 – 183 / 182 BC ) was a Punic Carthaginian military commander, generally considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.

Hannibal occupied much of Italy for 15 years, but a Roman counter-invasion of North Africa forced him to return to Carthage, where he was decisively defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama.

After Antiochus met defeat at the Battle of Magnesia and was forced to accept Rome's terms, Hannibal fled again, making a stop in Armenia.

Plutarch states that, when questioned by Scipio as to who was the greatest general, Hannibal is said to have replied either Alexander or Pyrrhus, then himself, or, according to another version of the event, Pyrrhus, Scipio, then himself.

Hannibal was one of the sons of Hamilcar Barca, a Carthaginian leader.

Upon the assassination of Hasdrubal ( 221 BC ), Hannibal was proclaimed commander-in-chief by the army and confirmed in his appointment by the Carthaginian government.

Hannibal was now determined to carry the war into the heart of Italy by a rapid march through Hispania and southern Gaul.

Hasdrubal was assassinated around the same time ( 221 BC ), bringing Hannibal to the fore.

Hannibal, by skillful maneuvers, was in position to head him off, for he lay on the direct road between Placentia and Arminum, by which Sempronius would have to march to reinforce Scipio.

Hannibal knew that this route was full of difficulties, but it remained the surest and certainly the quickest way to central Italy.

" At the same time, Hannibal tried to break the allegiance of Rome ’ s allies by proving that Flaminius was powerless to protect them.

The delaying tactics involved a pincer of not directly engaging Hannibal while also exercising a " scorched earth " practice to prevent Hannibal's forces from obtaining grain and other resources.

If the latter, then Hannibal and his brothers also bore the name ' Barca '.

Hannibal also secured an alliance with newly appointed Hieronymus of Syracuse.

Two political factions operated in Carthage: the war party, also known as the " Barcids " ( Hannibal ’ s family name ) and the peace party led by Hanno II the Great.

Twenty years after his first CD, Kaira ( Hannibal, 1988 )-that was also the first CD ever recorded with solo kora pieces without any song -, Toumani Diabate alternates traditional pieces on a kora with leather rings and his own creations with a special tuning on a kora with wooden pegs.

Rome also exhibited an impressive ability to draft army after army of conscripts after each crushing defeat by Hannibal, allowing them to recover from the defeats at Cannae and elsewhere and keep Hannibal cut off from aid.

Fans are also used in Hannibal, for symbolic purposes.

Danish 17th century diplomat Hannibal Sehested was also born on the island.

The Second Punic War, also referred to as The Hannibalic War, ( by the Romans ) The War Against Hannibal, or " The Carthaginian War ", lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern Mediterranean.

Apulia was an important area for the ancient Romans, who conquered it during the course of wars against the Samnites and against Pyrrhus in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC but also suffered a crushing defeat here in the battle of Cannae against Hannibal.

" They were also warlike ; they invaded Italy and went as far as Rome in the 4th century BC, and they later aided the passage of Hannibal, on his way to attack Rome ( 218 BC ).

A few years later ( 210 BC ), Hannibal, finding himself unable to protect his allies in Campania, removed the inhabitants of Atella who had survived the fall of their city to Thurii ; but it was not long before he was compelled to abandon the latter city also to its fate ; and when he himself in 204 BC withdrew his forces into Bruttium, he removed to Crotona 3500 of the principal citizens of Thurii, while he gave up the city itself to the plunder of his troops.

It also featured non-musical media, such as the Bread and Puppet Theater and comedians Todd Barry, Kristen Schaal, John Mulaney, and Hannibal Buress as well as interactive musical installations by Cline and Kotche.

It was also widely feared that if Hannibal continued plundering Italy unopposed, Rome's allies might doubt Rome's ability to protect them, and defect to Carthage's cause.

He also thought Valerius Corvus ' two Campanian victories could be doublets of Roman operations against Hannibal in the same area in 215 On the other hand the entries in the Fasti Triumphales supports some measure of Roman success.

He also played Packy in Hannibal Brooks.

The company has also begun production in its American unit Gaumont International Television on two series: Hannibal and Hemlock Grove.

The Romans, Carthaginians and Macedonian Greeks occasionally used elephants for executions while also making use of war elephants for military purposes, most famously in the case of Hannibal.

The Town of Hannibal also contains a village also called Hannibal.