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Hamilcar — strategus during the First Punic War. Not identical with the homonym officer mentioned by Diod. XXIV 12. ELip; Hamilcar — commander during the First Punic War; Hamilcar Barca (c. 270–228 BC) — general during and after the First Punic War (264–241 BC). Father of Hannibal of the Second Punic War
The Punic people, usually known as the Carthaginians [1] ... Specific Punic groups are often referred to with hyphenated names, like Siculo-Punic or Sardo-Punic.
Punic is known from inscriptions (most of them religious formulae) and personal name evidence. The play Poenulus by Plautus contains a few lines of vernacular Punic which have been subject to some research because unlike inscriptions, they largely preserve the vowels .
The name Carthage / ˈ k ɑː r θ ɪ dʒ / is the Early Modern anglicisation of Middle French Carthage /kar.taʒ/, from Latin Carthāgō and Karthāgō (cf. Greek Karkhēdōn (Καρχηδών) and Etruscan *Carθaza) from the Punic qrt-ḥdšt (Punic: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, lit.
Carthaginian commanders of the First Punic War (1 C, 12 P) Carthaginian commanders of the Second Punic War (15 P) H. Hannibal (2 C, 14 P, 1 F)
Tanit was worshiped in Punic contexts in the Western Mediterranean, in North Africa, Sicily, Malta, Gades and many other places into Hellenistic times when Rome expanded into North Africa. long after the fall of Carthage, Tanit was still venerated in North Africa under the Latin name of: Juno Caelestis, for her identification with Juno by the ...
Hamilcar is the latinization of Hamílkas (Ancient Greek: Ἁμίλκας), the hellenized form of the common Semitic Phoenician-Carthaginian masculine given name ḤMLK (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊) [1] [2] or ḤMLQRT (𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕), [citation needed] meaning "Melqart's brother".
Hamilcar (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊, ḤMLK, [1] [2] or 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕, ḤMLQRT, [citation needed] "Melqart is Gracious"; [2] Ancient Greek: Ἁμίλκας, Hamílkas; [2]) was a common Carthaginian masculine given name. The name was particularly common among the ruling families of ancient Carthage. People named Hamilcar include: