Hannibal

a celebrated general among the Carthagenians, who cro ed the Alps, and threatened Rome. This able man lost all the fruits of his uncommon exertions and military talents by relaxing from that active conduct, by which he had thrown the Roman legions into confusion. He is a striking example of the propriety of marshal Saxe’s observations on the nece ity of vigorous and unremitting operations against a retreating enemy. See General.