Hamilcar Barca
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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
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 Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir
Carthage was at that time divided between two factions, the one led by the relatives and friends of the great Hamilcar Barca and known as the Barcine party.
From The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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 Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir
Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca, Carthaginian commander in Spain, 79; takes Saguntum, 79; invades Italy, 80–81; withdraws from Italy, 86; defeated at Zama, 86; at court of Antiochus, 92, 93; exiled from Carthage, 101.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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