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).

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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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Hamilcar Barca

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

Hamilcar Barca, in Sicily, 74; conquers mercenaries, 75; in Spain, 78.

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

This Hannibal was a child of Hamilcar Barca, and from his earliest boyhood had been trained to fight against the Romans.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio

Hasdrubal was murdered in 221; and the son of Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal, who was then only twenty-eight years old, was chosen by the army to be their general.

From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher

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