Hannibal (son of Bomilkar)
Hannibal († after 215 BC) was a Carthaginian commander during the Second Punic War . His much more famous namesake Hannibal , son of Hamilkar Barkas , led this war against Rome .
Hannibal was the son of a Bomilkar and is only born in 215 BC. Mentioned by the Roman historian Titus Livius . In that year he was, alongside Hasdrubal and Mago , the two brothers of the famous Hannibal, the third Punic general in Spain who fought against the former Roman consul Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus . According to Livy, whose account of the Scipion battles in Spain is often unreliable, three Punic armies commanded by Hamilcar, Mago and Hannibal besieged the city of Iliturgi , which had fallen to the Romans and which was probably near present-day Jaén in Andalusia . The Scipions advanced with 16,000 men to relieve the city and are said to have inflicted great losses on the opposing armed forces, which were stated to be much larger, which drove the Carthaginians out. In any case, Livius' report shows strong exaggerations. The three Punic generals then went to the siege of the city of Intibili , but were also defeated there by the Scipions.
literature
- Thomas Lenschau : Hannibal 10) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 2, Stuttgart 1912, Col. 2351.
- Serge Lancel: Hannibal . Paris 1996, German Düsseldorf / Zurich 1998, p. 223.
Remarks
- ↑ Livy 23:49, 5-11.
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| SURNAME | Hannibal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Carthaginian commander in the Second Punic War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 215 BC Chr. |