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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
He rules a city-state that shares his name. [ 1 ] : 15 Also called the Shadow King for his reclusive nature, preferring arcane scholarship to the actual governance of his city-state. [ 1 ] : 59 In the 2nd and 3rd editions Nibenay previously left the ruling of his city-state to his exclusively female templars but took a more active role after ...
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Wizards of the Coast: 1997-1998 The setting was released in the form of three books, as part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Odyssey line. Uresia: anime fantasy Planet of Uresia Systemless, Big Eyes, Small Mouth: Guardians of Order: 2003-2012 Written by S. John Ross. Multiverse (Magic: The Gathering) Sword and ...
Neo-Punic refers to the dialect of Punic spoken after the fall of Carthage and after the Roman conquest of the former Punic territories in 146 BC. The dialect differed from the earlier Punic language, as is evident from divergent spelling compared to earlier Punic and by the use of non-Semitic names, mostly of Libyco-Berber or Iberian origin.
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.
Yig is the name of a deity in the Arcanis Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Yig was once (and may still be) worshipped by the Ssethregorean Empire, a group dominated by various lizard and snake-like beings. Yig in this mythos is a female deity, but still strongly associated with serpents, suggesting the name is not a coincidence.
Punic influence on inland regions is seen from the early 6th century, notably at Althiburos, where Punic construction techniques and red-slip pottery appear at the time. [38] Armed conflicts with the Libyans are first attested in the early 5th century, with several revolts attested in the fourth century (398, 370s, 310-307 BC).
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: