Hasdrubal Barca (d. 207 BC) was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War. He was the second son of Hamilcar Barca, and younger brother of Hannibal. Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC - 207 BC - 206 BC 205 BC... Carthaginian settlements in the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC. The term Carthage can refer either to an ancient city in North Africa, located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the center of modern Tunis in Tunisia, or to the civilization within the citys... Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Titus Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco, Maharbal, Syphax, Hanno the... Hamilcar Barca (about 270 - 228 BC), or Barcas (Canaanite baraq lightning), was a Carthaginian general and statesman, father of Hannibal. ... Bust of Hannibal Hannibal (247 BC – 183/182 BC; sometimes referred to as Hǎnnibal Barca) was a Carthaginian politician and statesman who is considered to be one of the finest military generals in history. ...

Hasdrubal Barca

Hasdrubal was present when the Spanish ambushed the Carthaginian forces at Acre Luce. He along with his brother Hannibal escaped, Hamilcar led the Spanish in the opposite direction and drowned in the River Jucar. Image File history File links Hasdrubal_coin. ... Image File history File links Hasdrubal_coin. ...

Hannibal, when he set out for Italy, left a force of 13,000 infantry, 2,550 cavalry and 21 elephants in Spain. The Punic navy had a fleet of 50 Quinqueremes and 5 Triremes stationed there. However, only 32 Quinqueremes were manned at the start of the Second Punic War A quinquireme was a galley, a warship propelled by oars, developed from the earlier trireme. ... A Greek trireme Triremes were ancient war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. ... Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Titus Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco, Maharbal, Syphax, Hanno the...

Left in command of Hispania when Hannibal departed to Italy in 218 BC, Hasdrubal was destined to fight for six years against the brothers Gnaeus and Publius Cornelius Scipio. The expidition Gnaeus Scipio in 218 BC had caught the Carthaginians by surprise, and before Hasrdrubal could join Hanno, the Carthaginian commander on the North of Ebro River, the Romans had fought and won the Battle of Cissa and established their army at Tarraco and their fleet at Emporiae. Hasdrubal raided the Romans with a flying column, which inflicted severe losses and on their naval crews and reduced the fighting strength to 35 ships. This loss was offset by the arrival of an allied Greek contingent from the city of Massilia. Roman theater at Mérida; the statues are replicas Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC Years: 223 BC 222 BC 221 BC 220 BC 219 BC - 218 BC - 217 BC 216 BC... Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (d. ... Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. ... Combatants Carthage Roman Republic Commanders Hanno Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus Strength 10,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry 20,000 infantry (2 Roman and 2 Allied Legions), 2,200 cavalry Casualties 6,000 killed and 2,000 captured unknown, light // Introduction The Battle of Cissa is part of the Second Punic... Tarraco was the ancient name of the city of Tarragone, in Spain, on the Mediterranean. ... Marseilles redirects here. ...

In the spring of 217 BC, Hasdrubal led a joint expidition north to fight the Romans. Gnaeus Scipio surprised the Carthaginian fleet under Himilco and crushed it at the Battle of Ebro River. Hasdrubal retreated without fighting. The year 216 was spent quelling an uprising of Spanish tribes, possibily the Trudenani around the area near Gades. Combatants Carthage Roman Republic Commanders Himilco Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus Strength Approximately 40 Quinqueremes Approximately 55 Quinqueremes and Triremes Casualties 4 sunk and 25 captured none sunk or captured Battle of Ebro river was a naval battle fought between a Carthaginian fleet of approximately 40 quinqueremes under Himilco and a... This article is about the Spanish city. ...

Hasdrubal was reinforced by 4,000 infantry and 500 cavalry and was ordered by the Carthaginian senate to march to Italy in the same year. He left Himilco in charge at Cartagena and marched for the Ebro river, but was heavily defeated in the Battle of Dertosa in the spring of 215 BC. This defeat prevented reinforcements reaching Hannibal from both Spain and Africa at a critical moment of the War, when the Carthaginians held the upper hand in Italy. Cartagena is the name of two cities: Cartagena, Spain Cartagena, Colombia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

This defeat also led to Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco arriving in Spain with 2 armies and ending the undisputed command of the Barcid family in Spain. The Carthaginains fought the Scipio brothers and had on the whole the worst of the conflict between 215 and 212 BC. At the instigation of the Romans, Syphax, one of the kings of the Numidian tribes, attacked Carthaginian territories in 213/212 BC. The situation in Spain was suffuciantly under control, because Hasdrubal crossed over to Africa and crushed the threat of Syphax. The aid of [Masinissa]], a Numidian prince, was invaluable during this episode, and he crossed over to Spain with Hasdrubal after the African expidition ended with 3,000 Numidian cavalry. Mago Barca (also spelled Magon) (243 BC - 203 BC), brother of the Carthaginian General Hannibal, he played a major role in the Second Punic War against Rome. ... Hasdrubal Gisco was a Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War. ... The Barcid family was a leading family in the ancient city of Carthage and many of its members were fierce enemies of the Roman Republic. ... Syphax was a king of the Masaesyles of western Numidia. ...

In 212 BC Hasdrubal acted with imagination and initive, and with timely cooperation from Mago and Hasdrubal Gisco, completely routed his opponents at the Battle of the Upper Baetis, destroying the majority of the Roman army in Spain and killing both the Scipios. Lack of cooperation between the Carthginian generals after the battle led the surviving Roman force of 8,000 surviving. The Romans reinforced this detatchment with 10,000 troops under Cladius Nero in 211 BC and with another 10,000 soldiers under Scipio Africanus Major in 210 BC. Combatants Carthage Roman Republic Commanders Hasdrubal Barca Publius Cornelius Scipio† Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus† Strength 35,000 foot, 3,000 Numidians, 7,500 Spanish tribals 30,000 foot, 3,000 Horse + 20,000 Celt-Iberian mercenaries Casualties unknown- approximately 22,000 // Introduction The Battle of the Upper Baetis was fought... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Scipio Africanus. ...

Hasdrubal was subsequently outgeneralled by Scipio Africanus Major, who in 209 BC captured Carthago Nova and gained other advantages. Hasdrubal was defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Baecula, but managed to retreat with 2/3 of his army intact. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Scipio Africanus. ... The Battle of Baecula was Scipio Africanus’s first major field battle after he had taken command of Roman interests in Spain during the Second Punic War, in which he routed the Carthaginian army under the command of Hasdrubal Barca. ...

In the same year he was summoned to join his brother in Italy. He eluded Scipio by crossing the Pyrenees at their western extremity, and, making his way thence through Gaul and the Alps in safety, penetrated far into Central Italy in 207 BC. He was ultimately checked by two Roman armies, and being forced to give battle was decisively defeated at the Battle of the Metaurus. Hasdrubal himself fell in the fight; his head was cut off and thrown into Hannibal's camp as a sign of his utter defeat, in stark contrast of Hannibal's treatment of the bodies of fallen Roman Consuls. Central Pyrenees. ... The Battle of the Metaurus was a pivotal battle in the ancient conflict between Rome and Carthage, fought in 207 BC near the Metaurus River in Italy. ...

It is hard to judge the true ability of Hasdrubal Barca as a general, as we know more about his defeats than his successes.

See also

• Hasdrubal for other Carthaginians of this name

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