• Hamilcar Barca or Barcas (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤁𐤓𐤒, Ḥomilqart Baraq; c. 275–228 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family...
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    Hannibal (redirect from Hannibal Barca)
    the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal's father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian general during the First Punic War. His...
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    Hasdrubal Barca (245 – 22 June 207 BC), a latinization of ʿAzrubaʿal (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, romanized: ʿAzrōbaʿl) son of Hamilcar Barca, was a Carthaginian...
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  • winning the Battle of Drepanum in 249 BC during the First Punic War. Hamilcar Barca (c. 270–228 BC) served as a Carthaginian general during and after the...
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  • family in ancient Carthage Hamilcar Barca (275–228 BC), general and statesman, father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago Hannibal Barca (247 – c. 181 BC), military...
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  • success under the command of Hamilcar Barca and his son Hannibal in the First and Second Punic Wars respectively. Hannibal Barca specifically, is widely regarded...
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  • critical time, he switched his allegiance to Hamilcar Barca of Carthage. In 239 BC, he arrived at Hamilcar's camp with 2,000 horsemen. This probably saved...
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    Carthaginian military leader and politician, governor in Iberia after Hamilcar Barca's death, and founder of Cartagena. Livy's History of Rome records that...
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    especially under the generalship of Hanno. Hamilcar Barca, a veteran of the campaigns in Sicily (and father of Hannibal Barca), was given joint command of the army...
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  • in Iberia and northern and central Italy. Mago was the third son of Hamilcar Barca, was the brother of Hannibal and Hasdrubal, and was the brother-in-law...
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    Barcids (redirect from Barcas)
    known members of this family included the following. The patriarch, Hamilcar Barca (275–228 BC), served as a Carthaginian general in the First Punic War...
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    role in the fighting against the Romans, particularly Hamilcar Barca. After the war, Hamilcar commanded the Punic forces that defeated the former Carthaginian...
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    the Romans being able to use their superior army to interfere. When Hamilcar Barca took command of the Carthaginians on Sicily in 247 BC he was only given...
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  • fought in 238 BC between a Carthaginian army of over 30,000 commanded by Hamilcar Barca and Hanno, and approximately 20,000 mutinous Carthaginian soldiers and...
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  • Fair (c. 270 BC – 221 BC), son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca Hasdrubal Barca (245–207 BC), son of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal and Mago Hasdrubal...
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    attack. The fictional title character, a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, the foremost Carthaginian general, is the object of the obsessive lust...
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  • Hamilcar's victory with Naravas took place in 240 BC in what is now north-west Tunisia. A Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca defeated a rebel army...
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    designated the GAL.49 with the service name 'Hamilcar'; the name came from the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Such a large glider had never been constructed...
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    of the Bagradas River was fought between a Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca and a rebel force led by Spendius in 240 BC in what is now north-east...
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  • name derived from Latin Hamilcar, itself a Punic name known to the Romans through their Carthaginian foes, especially Hamilcar Barca. Notable people with...
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    culminating battle of a campaign fought between a Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca and a rebel force led by Spendius in 238 BC in what is now northern...
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    suggest that the city may have been named after the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, who was supposed to have founded the city in the 3rd century BC, but...
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  • Battle of Utica. Carthage decides to give Hamilcar Barca joint command with Hanno the Great. Hamilcar Barca is able to end the siege of Utica by the mercenaries...
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    Africa, though the degree of political influence before the conquest by Hamilcar Barca (237–228 BC) is disputed. Carthage's growing wealth and power, along...
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  • Fair (c. 270 BC – 221 BC), son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca Hasdrubal Barca (245–207 BC), son of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal and Mago Hasdrubal...
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  • Hanno opposes the policy of foreign conquest pursued by Hamilcar Barca. Nevertheless, Hamilcar Barca leads a Carthaginian army in an invasion of the Iberian...
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    gain. In these efforts, he was opposed by the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Hanno demobilized the Carthaginian navy in 244 BC, giving Rome time...
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    Islands, the Carthaginians surrendered in the First Punic War. Hamilcar Barca (Barca meaning lightning), a leading member of the patriotic Barcine party...
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  • He turned against Carthage in the Mercenary War and was crucified by Hamilcar Barca after his capture. Charidemus d. 333 BC 367–333 BC Athens Greek mercenary...
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    the initial engagements, especially under the generalship of Hanno. Hamilcar Barca, a veteran of the campaigns in Sicily, was given joint command of the...
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