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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
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.
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Punic-language writers (2 P) T. Translators from Punic (2 P) Pages in category "Punic language" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The Punic-Libyan bilingual inscriptions are two important ancient bilingual inscriptions dated to the 2nd century BC. The first, the Cenotaph Inscription, was transcribed in 1631 by Thomas D'Arcos [ 1 ] and later played a significant role in deciphering the Libyco-Berber script , in which the Numidian language (Old Libyan) was written. [ 2 ]
Halflings have long been one of the playable humanoid races in Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), [2] starting with the original 1974 Men & Magic, [5] where the term hobbit was used. [2] Later editions of the original D&D box set began using the name halfling as an alternative to hobbit [6] for legal reasons. [7]
Quoted below are two fragments from Poenulus ("The Little Punic"), a translation of the Greek play ὁ Καρχηδόνιος (ho Karkhēdónios, "the Carthaginian"), possibly by the poet Alexis of Thurii (375–275 BC) in which Plautus included fragments from the Punic translation of the same play as well as from several other translations he ...
Khuzdul proper names analysed by Helge Fauskanger [1] Khuzdul names Translation Khuzdul names Translation Azaghâl: A lord of the Belegost Dwarves in The Silmarillion, ch. 20: Mahal: Aulë, known to the dwarves as the Maker. Azanulbizar 'Dimrill Dale' lit: "Shadows of streams/rills" or "Dark stream dale". Mîm: A Petty-Dwarf, possibly an 'inner ...