Hamilcar Barca

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 21 §1 Hamilcar

  Carthaginian general of the First Punic War and Hannibal's father, who built Punic power in Spain.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §41 the slaughter of the great Hamilcar

  Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, founder of Carthaginian Spain, killed there years before; the White Fort was notable for his death.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §43 Hamilcar

  Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago, founder of Carthaginian power in Spain.

• The History of Rome, Book 28 §12 Hamilcar

  Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago, the founder of Carthaginian power in Spain.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §7 Barcine

  The Barca (Barcine) faction at Carthage, the war-party of Hamilcar's house, which carried the vote for renewed war.

• The History of Rome, Book 35 §19 my father Hamilcar

  Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal's father, who bound him by oath to enmity with Rome.