In 239 BC, Hamilcar Barca was called out of retirement to replace the routed Hanno the Great following an embarrasing defeat at Utica. Hamilcar Barca (about 270 - 228 BC), or Barcas (Canaanite baraq lightning), was a Carthaginian general and statesman, father of Hannibal. ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... Hanno the Great was a wealthy Carthaginian aristocrat in the 3rd century BC. Hannos wealth was based on the land he owned in North Africa, and during the First Punic War he led the faction in Carthage that was opposed to continuing the war against Rome. ... Ancient city northwest of Carthage near outflow of Bagradas (al-Majrada). ...

Intent on retaking Utica, Hamilcar began moving his troops across the beach where they were quickly surrounded by a horde of insurgents from the city, as well as professional soldiers from a nearby castle they were passing. Charging his elephants around the insurgent horde, Hamilcar was able to reach a nearly undefended Utica where the Numidian Chief Narravass had remained. This article is about the Roman province. ...

This marked Carthage's first major victory in the Mercenary War A map of the central Mediterranean Sea, showing the location of Carthage (near modern Tunis). ...