Hannibal ad portas Phrase
Meaning:
Hannibal at the gates
Comment
Found in Cicero's first Philippic and in Livy's Ab urbe condita Hannibal was a fierce enemy of Rome who almost brought them to defeat. Sometimes rendered "Hannibal ante portas", with verisimilar meaning: "Hannibal before the gates"
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