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Hannibal's father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian general during the First Punic War. ... Appian wrote of a prophecy about Hannibal's death, which stated ...
After the final Carthaginian naval defeat at the Aegates Islands, [3] the Carthaginians surrendered in the First Punic War. [4] Hamilcar Barca (Barca meaning lightning), [5] a leading member of the patriotic Barcine party in Carthage and a general in the First Punic War, sought to remedy the losses that Carthage had suffered in Sicily to the Romans.
The Battle of Cannae (/ ˈ k æ n i,-eɪ,-aɪ /; [c] Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy.
Hamilcar Barca or Barcas (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤁𐤓𐤒, romanized: Ḥomilqart Barqa; c. 275 – 228 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago.
Hannibal Hasdrubal the Fair ( Punic : 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 , [ 1 ] ʿAzrobaʿl ; c. 270 –221 BC) was a Carthaginian military leader and politician, governor in Iberia after Hamilcar Barca 's death, and founder of Cartagena .
Hannibal (Punic: 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ḤNBʿL; [1] died 238 BCE) was a Carthaginian general who took part in the Mercenary War between Carthage and rebelling mercenaries. During this war, he replaced Hanno II the Great as a commander of the Carthaginian army.
Hasdrubal Barca (245 – 22 June 207 BC), a latinization of ʿAzrubaʿal (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, romanized: ʿAzrōbaʿl) [1] son of Hamilcar Barca, was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War. He was the brother of Hannibal and Mago Barca.
237 BC - The Carthaginian General Hamilcar Barca enters Iberia with his armies through Gadir.; 228 BC - Hamilcar Barca dies in battle. He is succeeded in command of the Carthaginian armies in Iberia by his son-in-law Hasdrubal, who extends the newly acquired empire by skillful diplomacy, and consolidates it by the foundation of Carthago Nova as the capital of the new province.