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Hamilcar Barca was a male politician and military leader from Ancient Carthage. Born in Carthage in 275 BCE, he served as an officer in the military of ancient Carthage and participated in the First Punic War. He was a member of the Barcids family.
He died in 228 BCE from drowning at the Júcar. His allegiance was to Ancient Carthage, and he was replaced by Hasdrubal the Fair. Hamilcar Barca was the father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal Barca, and Mago. His name in his native language is 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤁𐤓𐤒. He is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hamilcar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Carthage
- Place of birth
- Carthage
- Place of death
- Júcar
- Occupation
- military officer
- Family
- Barcids
- Conflict
- First Punic War
- Military branch
- military of ancient Carthage
- Image
- Amilcare Barca (Ritratto).jpg
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- date of birth
- 0275-01-01
- date of death
- 0228-01-01
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- Hamilcar Barca
- cause of death
- drowning
- allegiance
- Ancient Carthage
- replaced by
- Hasdrubal the Fair
- name in native language
- 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤁𐤓𐤒
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamilcar Barca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.