HAMILCAR BARCA

d. 229 or 228 b.c., Carthaginian general. He was assigned the command in Sicily in 247 in the First Punic War (see Punic Wars). From mountain bases near Palermo he made repeated raids on the Romans and relieved the Punic garrison in Lilybaeum. However, the Carthaginians were defeated, and Hamilcar Barca negotiated the terms of the peace that led to Carthage's withdrawal from Sicily. The Carthaginian mercenaries shortly afterward revolted and besieged Carthage, but Hamilcar defeated them in 238. After that his popularity made him virtual dictator. He then set out (237) to conquer Spain as a new base against Rome and had won considerable territory when he died. Hamilcar was probably the ablest general and statesman that Carthage had before his son Hannibal.

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Carthage
Book by B. H. Warmington; Frederick A. Praeger, 1960
Subjects: Carthage (Extinct city)--History
...Hamilcar fl. 260 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 Hamilcar fl. 150 , 203 Hamilcar Barca, 161 , 162 , 164 -70, 172 Hannibal...262 , 151 , 153 , 154 Hannibal son of Hamilcar fl. 250 , 158 Hannibal Barca , 41 , 58 , 119 , 122 , 130 , 161 , 168...
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From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Andrew G. Traver; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: History, Ancient--Dictionaries
...Restless Emperor , 1997. Katrina M. Dickson HAMILCAR BARCA (c. 275-228 B.C.) Hamilcar was a Carthaginian general during the First...Hannibal. Although the family background of Hamilcar is unknown, he probably belonged to the Carthaginian...
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A History of the Roman People
Book by Fritz M. Heichelheim, Cedric A. Yeo; Prentice-Hall, 1962
Subjects: Rome--Civilization, Rome--History
...promised to them in Sicily by Hamilcar Barca. These reasonable demands were...The situation deteriorated until Hamilcar Barca took command. After three years...because of the genius and energy of Hamilcar Barca, who vanquished the mercenaries...
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Great Captains of Antiquity
Book by Richard A. Gabriel; Greenwood Press, 2001
...its most successful general, Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, who ruthlessly...commander during the war with Rome, Hamilcar Barca had been the last holdout against...Upon his return from Sicily, Hamilcar fell afoul of the citys political...
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Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC
Book by Dexter Hoyos; Routledge, 2003
...Hamilcar (king in 480), 25 , 32 Hamilcar (postwar renegade in Cisalpine Gaul), 181 , 183 , 187 Hamilcar Barca, 1-74 , 76-7 , 79 , 83...107 , 124 , 186 Hannibal son of Hamilcar Barca, passim Hannibal (trierarch...
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Discours Ironique Et Ironie Romantique Dans SalammbÔ De Gustave Flaubert
Journal article by Suzanne HÉlein-Koss; Symposium, Vol. 40, 1986
Subjects: Flaubert, Gustave--1821-1880--Salammb?O
...raillerie de lauteur. Pas meme Hamilcar, bien que ce chef competent domine...celui-ci au chapitre XIV ("Hamilcar Barca") ou lon peut clairement voir...Suffete. Il sagit de la sequence ou Hamilcar, de retour chez lui apres la longue...
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From the Dreams of a Generation to the Theory of Dreams: Freud's Roman Dreams
Journal article by David Meghnagi; International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 92, 2011
Subjects: Jews
...scene in which Hannibals father, Hamilcar Barca, made his boy swear before the...and writes Hasdrubal instead of Hamilcar.15 In practice, in re-evoking...of putting Hasdrubal instead of Hamilcar, the brothers name instead of...
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A Box of Coins
Journal article by Elizabeth Kostova; Michigan Quarterly Review, Vol. 44, 2005
Subjects: Carthage Tunisia, Cities, Coins, Families & family life, Historic artifacts, History, Johnson, Paul Howard, Military officers
...second Punic War was fought mainly by an extraordinary last-minute leader of the Carthaginians, Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca. In a feat of military strategy that is possibly the most admired in history, he crossed the Alps with a large army...


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Tunisia: "a Country That Works"
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XV, December 1996
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, History, Tunisia
...their fleet destroyed and a Carthaginian general, Hamilcar Barca, took the war back to Sicily. While the war continued...had at one time been the source of its prosperity. Hamilcar Barca founded the town of Alicante there, and then established...


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Hannibal's Epic Letdown; Hannibal (BBC1); Doctor Who (BBC1)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 15, 2006
...was a great general but a hopeless politician. As a nine-year-old boy, Hannibal swore an oath to his father, Hamilcar Barca, a Carthaginian general whose army was defeated by the Romans in Sicily in the first Punic War, that he would devote...
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POST PUZZLER: 50 for Fun; EXTRA-TOUGH QUESTIONS... Pit Your Wits against Phil Brown's Festive Flummoxers!
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 1, 2008
...skating; 44 Venice; 45 Aberdeen (Cup Winners Cup winners); 46 Crocodiles; 47 Grisedale Tarn; 48 Cricket; 49 Hamilcar Barca; 50 Arabian Nights. When did leading violinist Vanessa Mae (above) play the daughter of Burt Kwouk (inset) on...
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Boulevard Plan for City 'Could Lead to a Landmark Unrivalled in Wales' Pounds 28m Scheme Would Give Area Feel of Barcelona's Las Ramblas
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 10, 2008
...metropolitan area). Founded by Legend has it Hercules built the city, then it was rebuilt by Carthaginian Hannibals father Hamilcar Barca. It was named Barcino by the Romans in 15BC. Famous for Las Ramblas, the wavy brickwork of architect Antoni Gaudi...
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Elephant Man
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 6, 2006
...commander in Sicily, Hamilcar - nicknamed Barca, or Lightning - was...sacrifice had been made, Hamilcar asked the boy if he...Nevertheless, the Barca family bravely carved...larger forces. Neither Hamilcar nor Hannibal had any...


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Hamilcar Barca
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAMILCAR BARCA d. 229 or 228 b.c., Carthaginian...the Carthaginians were defeated, and Hamilcar Barca negotiated the terms of the peace that...revolted and besieged Carthage, but Hamilcar defeated them in 238. After that his...
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Hamilcar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HAMILCAR ham ilkar, h mil , fl. 480 b.c...although he was a member of the powerful Barca family. He commanded an army against Gelon...defeated him (480 b.c.) at Himera. Hamilcar was killed in the battle...
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Barca
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BARCA surname, probably meaning lightning, given members of a powerful Carthaginian family: see Hamilcar Barca ; Hannibal ; Hasdrubal . ____________________ Copyright...
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Punic Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...farther west by the brilliant guerrilla warfare of Hamilcar Barca , and they failed to take Lilybaeum, the chief...breach of treaty and the conquests in Spain by Hamilcar. Second Punic War When Hamilcar Barcas son Hannibal took (219) the Spanish...
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Hasdrubal D. 221 B.C., Carthaginian General
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...221 b.c., Carthaginian general. He fought under his father-in-law, Hamilcar Barca , in Africa and in Spain, where he succeeded (229 or 228 b.c.) Hamilcar as general. He increased the empire in Spain, where he founded Carthago Nova...
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