Hasdrubal (Cartagena)

Hasdrubal ( Punic ?????? ʿzrbʿl, ʿazru-baʿal; ?????? ʾzrbʿl " Baal is his help", also interpreted as "Baal is (my) help" or "Baal is a help"; * 270 BC ; † 221 BC . ), also Hasdrubal the Handsome , was a Carthaginian general. He was the son-in-law of Hamilkar Barkas , moved with him in 237 BC. To Hispania and succeeded there after his death.

Hasdrubal pacified a Numidian revolt in North Africa. He founded the city of Carthago Nova ("New Carthage"), today's Cartagena in Spain. He took over in 229 BC After Hamilkar Barkas' death, he assumed high command in Hispania and subjected a considerable part of the Iberian peninsula to Punic rule.

He concluded with the Romans in 226 BC. The Ebro Treaty , which - according to the historian Polybios - forbade him to cross the Ebro for war purposes. With this treaty the Romans wanted to prevent the Carthaginians from uniting with the Gauls . Hasdrubal was born in 221 BC. Murdered by an Iberian slave.

Web links

Jona Lendering: Hasdrubal the Fair . In: Livius.org (English)

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b Charles R. Krahmalkov: Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (= orientalia Lovaniensia analecta; 90, Studia Phenicia XV ). Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, Leuven 2000, ISBN 90-429-0770-3 , p. 364 .
^ Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum . Pars Prima, Inscriptiones Phœnicias Continens, Tomus I. E Republicæ Typographeo, Parisiis 1881, p. 209, no. 158, lines 3-4 ( digitized version - Internet Archive ).
^ Frank L. Benz: Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions . A Catalog, Grammatical Study and Glossary of Elements (= Studia Pohl; 8 ). Biblical Institute Press, Rome 1972, pp. 61 .
^ ^A ^b Frank L. Benz: Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions . A Catalog, Grammatical Study and Glossary of Elements (= Studia Pohl; 8 ). Biblical Institute Press, Rome 1972, pp. 222 .
↑ Werner Huss: Carthage . Original edition (= Beck series; 2025: CH Beck Wissen ). CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39825-1 , p. 103 f .

personal data
SURNAME	Hasdrubal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hasdrubal the fair
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Carthaginian general, son-in-law of Hamilcar Barkas
DATE OF BIRTH	270 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	221 BC Chr.

[Krahmalkov364-1] Charles R. Krahmalkov: Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (= orientalia Lovaniensia analecta; 90, Studia Phenicia XV ). Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, Leuven 2000, ISBN 90-429-0770-3 , p. 364 .

[2] Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum . Pars Prima, Inscriptiones Phœnicias Continens, Tomus I. E Republicæ Typographeo, Parisiis 1881, p. 209, no. 158, lines 3-4 ( digitized version - Internet Archive ).

[3] Frank L. Benz: Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions . A Catalog, Grammatical Study and Glossary of Elements (= Studia Pohl; 8 ). Biblical Institute Press, Rome 1972, pp. 61 .

[Benz222-4] A ^b Frank L. Benz: Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions . A Catalog, Grammatical Study and Glossary of Elements (= Studia Pohl; 8 ). Biblical Institute Press, Rome 1972, pp. 222 .

[5] Werner Huss: Carthage . Original edition (= Beck series; 2025: CH Beck Wissen ). CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39825-1 , p. 103 f .