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  2. List of Carthaginians - Wikipedia

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    Hamilcar the Rhodian — possibly Carthaginian spy in the entourage of Alexander the Great, executed when returning to Carthage Hamilcar, son of Gisgo and grandson to Hanno the Great (d. 309 BC) — commander in the Third Sicilian War, captured during the Siege of Syracuse and then killed in 309 BC

  3. Punic religion - Wikipedia

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    An important source on the Carthaginian pantheon is a treaty between Hamilcar of Carthage and Philip III of Macedon preserved by the second-century BC Greek historian Polybius which lists the Carthaginian gods under Greek names, in a set of three triads.

  4. Punic people - Wikipedia

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    The contribution of autochthonous North African populations in Carthaginian history is obscured by the use of terms like "Western Phoenicians", and even to an extent, "Punic", in the literature to refer to Carthaginians, as it implies a primarily colonial population and diminishes indigenous involvement in the Carthaginian Empire.

  5. Hannibal - Wikipedia

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    Hannibal was a common Semitic Phoenician-Carthaginian personal name. It is recorded in Carthaginian sources as ḤNBʿL [ 2 ] ( Punic : 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 ). It is a combination of the common Phoenician masculine given name Hanno with the Northwest Semitic Canaanite deity Baal (lit, "lord") a major god of the Carthaginians ancestral homeland ...

  6. Denzel Washington’s Casting as Ancient General Hannibal in ...

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    Denzel Washington being cast in Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Netflix movie as ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal is sparking some controversy in Tunisia, the home country of the great military ...

  7. Gisco (died 239 BC) - Wikipedia

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    Gisco, also known as Gesco [1] and Gesgo, [2] was a citizen of the city state of Carthage, [1] which was located in what is now Tunisia.By the mid-3rd century BC it had come to dominate much of the coastal regions of North Africa, southern Spain, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, and the western half of Sicily in a military and commercial empire. [3]

  8. Carthaginian - Wikipedia

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    The term Carthaginian (Latin: Carthaginiensis [karˌtʰaːgɪniˈẽːsɪs]) usually refers to the civilisation of ancient Carthage. It may also refer to: Punic people , the Semitic-speaking people of Carthage

  9. All the TODAY hosts' children's names, their meanings ... - AOL

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    The name Lucie stems from French origin and means "light." By spelling the name Lucie rather than Lucy, Willie and his wife made the name a bit more unique. George is a Greek name that means "farmer."