Halicarnassus (Greek Ἁλικαρνασσός): Greek-Carian city, modern Bodrum in southwestern Turkey.
Myndus Gate
Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) had been fortified in the mid-fourth century…
Halicarnassus (Greek Ἁλικαρνασσός): Greek-Carian city, modern Bodrum in southwestern Turkey.Origin
Mosaic of Halicarnassus' city goddess
In the year 26 CE, the inhabitants…
Hamilcar (Punic Abd-Melqart; †480): Carthaginian general, defeated by the Syracusans in the battle of Himera.
Sicily in Antiquity
Hamilcar was the son…
Hamilcar (Punic Abd-Melqart; †199 BCE): Carthaginian commander who continued the Second Punic War in Gallia Cisalpina after the Romans and Carthaginians had concluded a peace treaty in 202.Hamilcar was an officer of the army of Hasdrubal Barca, who had in…
Hamilcar Barca (Punic Abd-Melqart; †229 BCE): Carthaginian commander and politician, founder of Carthage's Spanish empire, father of the Barcids, father of Hannibal.Introduction
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Hamilcar the Samnite: Carthaginian politician, one of the leaders of a democratic faction in the first half of the second century BCE.Hamilcar, nicknamed "the Samnite", is mentioned in our sources as one of the two leaders of a democratic political faction…
The Carthaginian general Hannibal (247-182 BCE) was one of the greatest military leaders in history. His most famous campaign took place during the Second Punic War (218-202), when he caught the Romans off guard by crossing the Alps.Youth (247-219)
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The Carthaginian general Hannibal (247-182 BCE) was one of the greatest military leaders in history. His most famous campaign took place during the Second Punic War (218-202), when he caught the Romans off guard by crossing the Alps.
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