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Hamilcar Barca
[ huh-mil-kahr bahr-kuh, ham-uhl-kahr ]
noun
- c270–228 b.c., Carthaginian general and statesman (father of Hannibal).
Hamilcar Barca
/ hæˈmɪlkɑː ˈbɑːkə; ˈhæmɪlˌkɑː /
noun
- Hamilcar Barca?228 bcMCarthaginianMILITARY: general 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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On land they did not trust the one really great general whom 33 they had—Hamilcar Barca.
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This was the celebrated Hamilcar Barca, the father of the still more celebrated Hannibal.
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Hamilcar Barca and Hasdrubal, his son-in-law, conquer a great part of Spain.
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The second son of Hamilcar Barca, and younger brother of Hannibal.
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After a sanguinary and desperate struggle, Hamilcar Barca crushes them.
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