almost brought them to defeat. Sometimes rendered "Hannibal ante portas", with similar meaning: "Hannibal before the gates" haud ignota loquor I speak not...

ante portas" alludes to Hannibal ante portas! ("Hannibal before the gates!"), an often-cited Roman call referring to Carthaginian commander Hannibal on...

for urgent help, but responds with no immediate action. Similar to Hannibal ante portas, but referring to a less personal danger. dum spiro spero while I...

almost brought them to defeat. Sometimes rendered "Hannibal ante portas", with similar meaning: "Hannibal before the gates" haud ignota loquor I speak not...

Contributions to American Studies (1996) 30#1 pp. 43–61 Jan Hoffenaar, "'Hannibal ante portas': The Soviet Military Threat and the Build-up of the Dutch Armed...

gesture of imperial power can be seen in the statue of Augustus of Prima Porta which follows certain guidelines set out by oratory scholars of his day...

by Hannibal, who marched through Hispania to the Italian Alps, causing panic among Rome's Italian allies. The best way found to defeat Hannibal's purpose...

(236–183 BCE), the Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian general Hannibal in the Second Punic War. His triumphant reception in Rome mentioned. Purg...

119); The Carrier of the Vase, 1909 (ib., See S 1909, No. 160); Hanibal Ante Portas and Sv. Hubertus, 1909 (both on the first art exhibition in Jp.). According...

contemporary with the main verb: tantus metus patrēs cēpit velut sī iam ad portās hostis esset (Livy) 'fear overcame the senators as great as if the enemy...