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Hamilcar Barca

American  
[huh-mil-kahr bahr-kuh, ham-uhl-kahr] / həˈmɪl kɑr ˈbɑr kə, ˈhæm əlˌkɑr /

noun

  1. c270–228 b.c., Carthaginian general and statesman (father of Hannibal).


Hamilcar Barca British  
/ hæˈmɪlkɑː ˈbɑːkə, ˈhæmɪlˌkɑː- /

noun

  1. died ?228 bc , Carthaginian general; father of Hannibal. He held command (247–41) during the first Punic War and established Carthaginian influence in Spain (237–?228)

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When Hannibal was only a boy of nine, his father, Hamilcar Barca, a general in Carthage’s army, made him swear that he would always hate Rome and seek to destroy it.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

After a sanguinary and desperate struggle, Hamilcar Barca crushes them.

From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

Hamilcar Barca forms the project of obtaining compensation by conquests in Spain, and thus enabling Carthage to renew the struggle with Rome.

From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

In 247 a new Carthaginian general, Hamilcar Barca, took command in Sicily and infused new life into the Carthaginian forces.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

During the latter half of the war, the military genius of Hamilcar Barca sustains the Carthaginian cause in Sicily.

From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

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