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Hamilcar was a traditional name among the ruling families of Carthage. A Hamilcar led the Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera in 480 BC. Another Hamilcar, grandson to Hanno the Great, led a campaign against Syracuse between 311 BC and 307 BC, before being captured and killed. Hamilcar Barca was Carthage's general during the First Punic War, and was the father of Hannibal, the famed general of the Second Punic War.

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Hamilcar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (106 words)
	Hamilcar was a traditional name among the ruling families of Carthage.
	A Hamilcar led the Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera in 480 BC.
	Hamilcar Barca was Carthage's general during the First Punic War, and was the father of Hannibal, the famed general of the Second Punic War.

Hamilcar Barca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (526 words)
	Hamilcar Barca (about 270 - 228 BC), or Barcas (Canaanite baraq "lightning"), was a Carthaginian general and statesman, father of Hannibal.
	Hamilcar stood out far above the Carthaginians of his age in military and diplomatic skill and in strength of patriotism; in these qualities he was surpassed only by his son Hannibal, whom he had imbued with his own deep hatred of Rome and trained to be his successor in the conflict.
	This Hamilcar has been confused with another general who succeeded to the command of the Carthaginians in the First Punic War, and after successes at Therma and Drepanum was defeated at Ecnomus (256 BC).

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