person
Prusias I of Bithynia
Prusias
also: Prusias, Rex Prusias, King Prusias
King of Bithynia who sheltered the exiled Hannibal. Cicero recounts that Prusias refused battle because the entrails forbade it, drawing Hannibal's scornful retort that he would not trust a scrap of veal over an old commander.
Reading notes
- On Divination §2.52 King Prusias
Prusias I of Bithynia, who sheltered the exiled Hannibal and refused battle when the entrails forbade it, prompting Hannibal's scornful retort about trusting veal over an old commander.