Hamilcar Barca

Illustrative woodcut from the Latin edition of Columbus's letter printed in Basel in 1494.

U.S. representative Michael Myers , second from left, holds an envelope containing $50,000 that he just received from undercover FBI agents

The Wilton Diptych, c. 1395 –1399. Each panel is 53 cm × 37 cm (21 in × 15 in) .

Hamilcar Barca made his nine-year-old son Hannibal swear eternal war on Rome over a sacrificial animal's bleeding entrails — then spent the rest of his life building Spain into a weapon for that oath.