- Hamilcar
Hamilcar (Punic -Phoenician "ḥmlqrt", Canaanite Hebrew אחי-מלקרת, meaning "brother ofMelqart ", a Tyrian god) was a common name in thePunic culture. There are several different transcriptions into Greek and Roman scripts. The ruling families of ancientCarthage often named their members with the traditional name Hamilcar. For example:*Hamilcar the Magonid - "Basileus" (king) of
Carthage * Hamilcar, son of Hanno, led the Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera in
480 BC during the First Sicilian War*Hamilcar - Punic "strategus" against
Timoleon of Syracuse*A brother of Gisco (3) and possibly brother of Hanno (9) with whom he was executed in the middle of the 4th century BC (Polyen. "Strat." V 11)
*Hamilcar the Rhodian - Possibly Carthaginian spy in the entourage of
Alexander the Great , executed when returning to Carthage.* Hamilcar, son of
Gisgo and grandson toHanno the Great , led a campaign againstAgathocles of Syracuse between311 BC and307 BC in theThird Sicilian War , before his capture and execution.* Hamilcar - "Strategus" in
Sicily and Punic Africa from 261 to255 BC during theFirst Punic War . He is not identical with the homonym officer mentioned by Diod. XXIV 12. ELip* Hamilcar was a Carthaginian commander whose greatest achievement was winning the
Battle of Drepanum in249 BC during the First Punic War.*
Hamilcar Barca (about 270 - 228 BC) served as a Carthaginian general during and after theFirst Punic War (264 - 241 BC). His son was famed generalHannibal of theSecond Punic War .The name has been adopted by many Mediterranean cultures. Amilcare was one of
Benito Mussolini 's given names.ee also
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General Aircraft Hamilcar - the World War II glider
*Amilcar - French-made automobile from the 1920s and 30s
*Amílcar Cabral - African nationalist whose name is derived from "Hamilcar"
*Amilcare Cipriani - Italian anarchist whose name is derived from "Hamilcar"Bibliography
* B H Warmington, "Carthage". Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964.
* F L Benz, "Personal names in the Phoenician and Punic inscriptions". Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1972External links
* [http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hamilcar/hamilcar1.html Livius.org: Hamilcar, son of Hanno]
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