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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Hannibal: Carthaginian politician, active in the first half of the second century BCE.Hannibal is mentioned in our sources as the leader of a political faction in Carthage which, from the beginning of the second century BCE onward, favored collaboration with…
Harmodius and Aristogeiton (†514 BCE): half-legendary tyrannicides, who killed the brother of the tyrant Hippias.
Statue of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, the…
Hermocrates (†407 BCE): Syracusan democratic politician who played an important role in the Peloponnesian War.
Sicily in Antiquity
Hermocrates, the son of…