Hamilcar Barca

[ huh-mil-kahr bahr-kuh, ham-uhl-kahr ]

noun

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

Hamilcar Barca

/ hæˈmɪlkɑː ˈbɑːkə; ˈhæmɪlˌkɑː /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

We are beginning to tread upon firmer historic ground when Hamilcar Barca landed at Cadiz in 237 B.C., after a series of victories in Africa, and subdued Andalusia.

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For three years these intestine disturbances raged in Africa, and reduced it to the lowest point of exhaustion, till at length the malady wore itself out, though Hamilcar Barca, by intercepting the supplies of the rebels, assisted greatly in depriving treachery of the food it lived upon.

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While the attention of Rome had been divided among her numerous foes, the remnant of the Carthaginians had been expanding with the usual rapidity, and had extended to Spain, where, under Hamilcar Barca, a Carthaginian empire was in the course of being established.

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Hasdrubal was succeeded by the son of Hamilcar Barca, a young man, named Hannibal, whose precocity as a lad was exemplified by an awful oath, which he took at nine years old, under the direction of his father.

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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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