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Carthage (Tunisia) (search for this): book 1, chapter 46
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Hannibal the Rhodian
After this affair Hannibal eluded the enemy's watch,
and sailed out of the harbour by night with his ships to
Drepana, to join the Carthaginian Commander-in-Chief,
Adherbal. Drepana is about one hundred and twenty
stades from Lilybaeum, and was always an object of special
care to the Carthaginians from the convenience of its position
and the excellence of its harbour.
Now the Carthaginian government were anxious to learnHannibal the Rhodian offers to run the blockade.
the Drepana is about one hundred and twenty
stades from Lilybaeum, and was always an object of special
care to the Carthaginians from the convenience of its position
and the excellence of its harbour.
Now the Carthaginian government were anxious to learnHannibal the Rhodian offers to run the blockade.
the state of affairs at Lilybaeum, but could not
do so because the garrison was strictly blockaded, and the Romans were exceedingly vigilant. In this difficulty a nobleman, called Hannibal the Rhodian, came to them, and offered to run the
blockade, to see what was going on in Lilybaeum with his own
eyes, and to report. The offer delighted them, but they did
not believe in the possibility of its fulfilment with the Roman
fleet lying at the very entrance of the channel. However, the
man fitted out hi