Bomilcar_(Suffete)

Bomilcar (suffete)

Bomilcar (suffete)

Carthaginian commander in the Second Punic War

Bomilcar (Punic: ๐ค๐คƒโ€ฌ๐คŒ๐ค‹โ€ฌ๐ค’โ€ฌ๐ค“โ€ฌ๐ค•โ€ฌ, BDMLQRT)[1] was a Carthaginian nobleman and commander in the Second Punic War (218โ€“201 BC).

He was a son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca and the father of the Hanno who commanded a portion of Hannibal's army at the passage of the Rhone (218 BC) and at the Battle of Cannae. This Bomilcar seems to have been one of the Carthaginian suffetes[2] and to have presided in that assembly of the senate in which the Second Punic War was resolved upon.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Huss (1985), p. 561.
  2. [2]
    see Gottling, Excurs, iii. ad Arist. Polit. p. 484 (cited by Smith)
  3. [3]
    Polyb. iii. 33, 42 ; Liv. xxi. 18, 27, 28.) (cited by Smith)

Bibliography

  • Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck, ISBN 9783406306549. (in German)
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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