Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC). Carthaginian general and statesman. Hannibal in the Temple of Carthage with his father Hamilcar Barca, at the age of nine, taking an oath of eternal hatred of Rome by dipping his hands in the blood of the sacrificed animal. Engraving. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume II, 1854.

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