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The Masinissa helped to the Numidians during the war and defeated Carthage.
He was Hannibal's cavalry commander during the Second Punic War. Notably he criticised Hannibal's failure to follow up the victory at Cannae by taking Rome. In historian Livy's words, after Maharbal's urging and Hannibal's evasive negativity, Maharbal said: 'You, Hannibal, know how to gain a victory; you do not know how to use it."[
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Tradition has is that Nero played a fiddle while Rome burned. This story is highly speculative. A fiddle is another name for a violin.
In Shakespeare's play "Hamlet," Fortinbras of Norway is portrayed as a character who starts a rebellion against Claudius. His aim is to reclaim lands lost by his father, and he gathers an army to assert his claim. This rebellion serves as a backdrop to the political tension in Denmark and highlights themes of ambition and revenge in the play.
The Masinissa helped to the Numidians during the war and defeated Carthage.
The Nero Conspiracy is a play about the Roman emperor Nero, and his tutor.
Emperor Nero.
Hamlet finds Claudius praying for forgiveness after the play. He decides that if he were to kill Claudius at that moment, Claudius would go to heaven rather than to hell. Hamlet decides to wait until he finds Claudius sinning, in order to kill him.
In terms of the play characters, Claudius is important because he's the villain, opposite Hamlet as the hero. During the play, when we think of the characters as real people, Claudius is important because he's the King.
He doesn't. Hamlet tells Claudius that the name of the play is the Mousetrap, not the other way around. The actual name of the play is The Murder of Gonzago but Hamlet is using it to trap Claudius and so gives it a different name.
King Hamlet, in Shakespeare's play, was poisoned by his brother Claudius.
Hamlet asks Horatio to observe Claudius.
No, Claudius is Danish and the Ptolemies are Egyptian. There is nobody called Ptolemy in the play Hamlet.
He's the antagonist.
Claudius reacts with visible distress to Hamlet's additions to the play, which mirror the circumstances of King Hamlet's murder. As the performance unfolds, Claudius becomes increasingly agitated and ultimately interrupts the play, demonstrating his guilt and paranoia. His reaction confirms Hamlet's suspicions about Claudius's role in his father's death, intensifying the tension between them. This moment also highlights Claudius's fear of exposure and the consequences of his actions.
The Mouse Trap