Hamilcar Barca

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

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noun

Hamilcar Barca

/ ˈhæmɪlˌkɑː; hæˈmɪlkɑː ˈbɑːkə /

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)

On land they did not trust the one really great general whom 33 they had—Hamilcar Barca.

This was the celebrated Hamilcar Barca, the father of the still more celebrated Hannibal.

Hamilcar Barca and Hasdrubal, his son-in-law, conquer a great part of Spain.

The second son of Hamilcar Barca, and younger brother of Hannibal.

After a sanguinary and desperate struggle, Hamilcar Barca crushes them.

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