Hamilcar (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊, ḤMLK,[1][2] or 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕, ḤMLQRT,[citation needed] "Melqart is Gracious";[2] Greek: Ἁμίλκας, Hamílkas;[2]) was a common Carthaginian masculine given name. The name was particularly common among the ruling families of ancient Carthage.
People named Hamilcar include:
Hamilcar the Magonid, "King" of Carthage, led the Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera in 480BC during the First Sicilian War
Hamilcar, a general against Timoleon of Syracuse
Hamilcar, a brother of Gisco, possibly brother of Hanno II, with whom he was executed in the middle of the 3rd centuryBC[3]
Hamilcar the Rhodian, possibly a Carthaginian spy in the entourage of Alexander the Great, executed when returning to Carthage.
Hamilcar, son of Gisgo and grandson of Hanno the Great, led a campaign against Agathocles of Syracuse during the Third Sicilian War. He defeated Agathocles in the Battle of the Himera River in 311 BC. He was captured during the Siege of Syracuse and then killed in 309 BC.
Hamilcar, a general in Sicily and Africa from 261 to 255 BC during the First Punic War, distinct from the Hamilcar mentioned by Diodorus[4]
Hamilcar was a Carthaginian commander whose greatest achievement was winning the Battle of Drepanum in 249BC during the First Punic War.
Hamilcar Barca (c. 270–228BC) served as a Carthaginian general during and after the First Punic War. His son was Hannibal, famous for his exploits during the Second Punic War.
Hamilcar Rashed Jr. (born 1998), American football player
In various forms, the name sometimes appears in other cultures. The Italian name Amilcare was one of the given names of the dictator Benito Mussolini and the composer Amilcare Ponchielli. The Portuguese name Amílcar was one of the given names of the prominent African revolutionary Amílcar Cabral.
The General Aircraft Limited GAL.49 Hamilcar or Hamilcar Mark I was a large British military glider produced during the Second World War, which was designed...
initial engagements of the war, especially under the generalship of Hanno. Hamilcar Barca, a veteran of the campaigns in Sicily (and father of Hannibal Barca)...
Hamilcar I (Punic: 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊, ḤMLK) was a Magonid king of Carthage in present-day Tunisia from 510 to 480 BC. Carthage concluded treaties with several states...
Tetrarchs were transported and landed in specially-designed General Aircraft Hamilcar gliders. A lack of gliders prevented their participation in the Allied...
Carthaginian military leader and politician, governor in Iberia after Hamilcar Barca's death, and founder of Cartagena. Livy's History of Rome records...
Hamilcar Publications is a Boston-based book publisher and a division of Hannibal Boxing Media LLC. Founded in 2018 by Kyle Sarofeen and Andy Komack, Hamilcar's...
the surrounded troops forced Spendius to parley with Hamilcar, but on a thin pretext Hamilcar took Spendius and his lieutenants prisoner. The rebels...
role in the fighting against the Romans, particularly Hamilcar Barca. After the war, Hamilcar commanded the Punic forces that defeated the former Carthaginian...
latinization of ʿAzrubaʿal (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, romanized: ʿAzrōbaʿl) son of Hamilcar Barca, was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War. He was the brother...
Hannonids Hanno I 340–337 BC Gisco 337–330 BC Hamilcar II 330–309 BC Bomilcar 309–308 BC In 480 BC, following Hamilcar I's death, the king lost most of his power...
officer before the Battle of Cannae Hamilcar I of Carthage (r. 510–480 BCE) — king Hamilcar II of Carthage Hamilcar, son of Hanno — commander at the Battle...
however, with its military achieving notable success under the command of Hamilcar Barca and his son Hannibal in the First and Second Punic Wars respectively...
against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal's father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian general during the First Punic War. His...
4,000–6,000. Hamilcar went on to seize Enna, in central Sicily, and Camarina, in the south east, dangerously close to Syracuse. Hamilcar seemed close...
Hasdrubal the Fair. Hasdrubal the Fair (c. 270–221 BC), Hamilcar's son-in-law, followed Hamilcar in his campaign against the governing aristocracy at Carthage...
Herodotus tells us that Hamilcar I was "king by valour," implying selection rather than hereditary succession. In 480 BCE, after Hamilcar I's death, the king...
although its dimensions also allowed it to fit inside a General Aircraft Hamilcar glider. After a series of modifications were made to the initial prototype...
Punic War (264–241 BC). The Carthaginian fleet was commanded by Hanno and Hamilcar; the Roman fleet jointly by the consuls for the year, Marcus Atilius Regulus...
under the leadership of the general Hamilcar, Carthage was eager for war. Traditional accounts give Hamilcar's army a strength of 300,000 men; this number...
culminating battle of a campaign fought between a Carthaginian army led by Hamilcar Barca and a rebel force led by Spendius in 238 BC in what is now northern...
personal gain. In these efforts, he was opposed by the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Hanno demobilized the Carthaginian navy in 244 BC, giving Rome time...
Carthaginian forces led by Hamilcar Barca. After the battle, Hamilcar executes some 40,000 rebel mercenaries. Hamilcar's armies capture a number of rebel...
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