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Also known as Hamilcar Barcas, 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤁𐤓𐤒

Carthaginian general

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Hamilcar Barca was a male politician, military officer, and military leader from Ancient Carthage. Born in 275 BCE in Carthage, he served in the military of ancient Carthage and participated in the First Punic War. He was a member of the Barcids family and had three children: Hannibal, Hasdrubal Barca, and Mago.

Hamilcar Barca died in 228 BCE at the Júcar. His cause of death was drowning. Following his death, he was replaced by Hasdrubal the Fair. He is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Hamilcar Barca or Barcas (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤁𐤓𐤒, romanized: Ḥamilqart Barqā; c. 275 – 228 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago. He was also father-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair.

Hamilcar commanded the Carthaginian land forces in Sicily from 247 BC to 241 BC, during the latter stages of the First Punic War. He kept his army intact and led a successful guerrilla war against the Romans in Sicily. Hamilcar retired to Carthage after the peace treaty in 241 BC, following the defeat of Carthage. When the Mercenary War broke out in c. 240 BC, Hamilcar was recalled to command and was instrumental in concluding that conflict successfully, in particular, having won victories in the battles of Bagradas and Saw. Hamilcar commanded the Carthaginian expedition to Spain in 237 BC, and for eight years expanded the territory of Carthage in Spain before dying in battle in 228 BC. He may have been responsible for creating the strategy which his son Hannibal implemented in the Second Punic War to bring the Roman Republic close to defeat.

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