Hamilcar

Carthaginian statesman and general at the time of the First Punic War, the father of Hannibal. Following Carthage's defeat in 241 BC, and the loss of her empire in Sicily and Sardinia to Rome, he set about founding a new Carthaginian empire in Spain. Between 237 BC and his death, he conquered most of the S and E of the peninsula.

Punic-Phoenician bdmlqrt (Servant of Melqart), the most common name in the Punic culture. For example:

Hamilcar the Magonid - Basileus (king) of Carthage A Hamilcar led the Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera (480 BC) in 480 BC during the First Sicilian War Hamilcar - Punic strategus against Timoleon of Syracuse A brother of Gisco (3) and possibly brother of Hanno (9) with whom he was executed in the middle of the 4th century BC (Polyen. Hamilcar, son of Gisgo and grandson to Hanno the Great, led a campaign against Agathocles of Syracuse between 311 BC and 307 BC in the Third Sicilian War, before his capture and execution. Hamilcar - Strategus in Sicily and Punic Africa from 261 to ]255 BC during the First Punic War. ELip Hamilcar was a Carthaginian commander whose greatest achievement was winning the Battle of Drepanum in 249 BC during the First Punic War. Hamilcar Barca (about 270 - 228 BC) served as a Carthaginian general during and after the First Punic War (264 - 241 BC).