Officer

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Craterus

Craterus (†320): Macedonian army commander, one of the leading generals of Alexander the Great. Map of the Achaemenid Empire with Persian…

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Erigyius

Erigyius (†328/327 BCE): Macedonian officer of Greek descent, personal friend of Alexander the Great. Panorama of Amphipolis Erigyius' father Larichus was born…

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Gesco

Gesco (†240): Carthaginian general and politician. Map of Lilybaeum Gesco is known as the man who defended Lilybaeum (Marsala in western Sicily)…

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Hamilcar (1)

Hamilcar (Punic Abd-Melqart; †480): Carthaginian general, defeated by the Syracusans in the battle of Himera. Sicily in Antiquity Hamilcar was the son…

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Hamilcar (3)

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…

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Hamilcar Barca

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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Hannibal (1)

Hannibal (Phoenician: Hanba'al, "mercy of Ba'al"; †406): son of Gesco, Carthaginian commander, notorious for his hatred of the Greeks. Sicily in…

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Hannibal (2)

Hannibal (Phoenician: Hanba'al, "mercy of Ba'al"; †257): Carthaginian general, played a role during the first years of the First Punic War. …

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Hannibal in the Alps

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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