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Abelux
Abelux, called Abilyx by Polybius, was a noble of Saguntum who in 217 BC tricked the Carthaginian commander Bostar and handed Spain's hostages to Publius Scipio.
Adherbal (admiral)
Adherbal, known in Greek as Atarbas, was a Carthaginian admiral of the First Punic War who defeated Rome's Claudius Pulcher off Drepana, Sicily, in 249 BC.
Adherbal (governor of Gades)
Adherbal was a Carthaginian magistrate at Gades in 206 BC, recorded by Livy, who was defeated at sea off Carteia by the Roman commander Gaius Laelius.
Ariston of Tyre
Ariston of Tyre, a Tyrian also called Aristo, was an agent sent by Hannibal in 193 BCE to carry secret verbal instructions to Hannibal's friends in Carthage.
Aspar (Numidian)
Aspar was a Numidian envoy sent by King Jugurtha to Bocchus I of Mauretania, acting publicly as ambassador while secretly spying during the Jugurthine War.
Autaritus
Autaritus, also known as Autaritos, was a Gallic mercenary commander in Carthaginian service who became one of three chief leaders of the Mercenary War against Carthage, 241–238 BC.
Bithyas
Bithyas (Greek Βιθύας), also spelled Bithias, was a Numidian cavalry commander who deserted from Rome's ally Gulussa to Carthage in 148 BC during the Third Punic War.
Bodes
Bodes, also known as Boodes, was a Carthaginian senator who in 260 BC trapped the Roman consul Scipio at Lipara and took his surrender with seventeen ships.
Bomilcar (suffete)
Bomilcar was a Carthaginian suffete and naval commander of the late 3rd century BC, married to a daughter of Hamilcar Barca and father of Hanno.
Bostar (at Saguntum)
Bostar was a Carthaginian general of the Second Punic War who guarded Spanish hostages at Saguntum, which the Iberian noble Abelux tricked him into surrendering in 217 BC.
Bostar (Carthaginian commander)
Bostar (Greek Βώστωρ) was a Carthaginian general of the First Punic War, elected in 256 or 255 BC to oppose the consul Regulus's invasion of Africa.
Bostar (Carthaginian envoy)
Bostar was a Carthaginian envoy sent by Hannibal to Philip V of Macedon in 215 BC to ratify their alliance against Rome; he was captured at sea by the Romans.
Carthalo (admiral)
Carthalo was a Carthaginian admiral of the First Punic War who in 249 BC attacked the Roman fleet off Lilybaeum and intercepted a supply convoy near Phintias.
Carthalo (democrat)
Carthalo was a Carthaginian politician of the democratic faction who, with Hamilcar the Samnite, led the war party that attacked Masinissa's partisans and was proscribed in 149 BC.
Carthalo (officer of Hannibal)
Carthalo, also known as Karthalo, was a Carthaginian cavalry commander in Hannibal's army during the Second Punic War; in 210 BC he led an embassy to Rome negotiating a prisoner exchange.
Clitomachus
Clitomachus (Greek Kleitomachos), born Hasdrubal at Carthage, was an Academic skeptic who headed the Academy in Athens from about 129/8 to his death in 110/9 BC.
Ducarius
Ducarius was an Insubrian cavalryman serving under Hannibal whom Livy names as the killer of the Roman consul Flaminius at Lake Trasimene in 217 BC.
Gisco (First Punic War general)
Gisco, also spelled Gesco, was a Carthaginian general of the First Punic War who held Lilybaeum against Rome until 241 BC, then was seized by mutinous mercenaries.
Gisco Strytanus
Gisco Strytanus, also rendered Gisgo Strytanus, was a Carthaginian ambassador sent to Rome in 149 BC, at the outbreak of the Third Punic War, to offer submission.
Gisgo (officer of Hannibal)
Gisgo, also Latinized Gisco, was a Carthaginian officer in Hannibal's army. Before the battle of Cannae in 216 BC, he marveled at the Roman host, drawing Hannibal's famous retort.
Hamilcar (officer of Drepanum)
Hamilcar was a Carthaginian general of the First Punic War who fortified Drepanum in Sicily about 260 BC and was defeated at Cape Ecnomus in 256 BC.
Hamilcar the Samnite
Hamilcar the Samnite was a Carthaginian politician, co-leader of the democratic faction, whose 151 BC attack on a Numidian convoy helped bring on the Third Punic War.
Hampsicora
Hampsicora, also printed Ampsicora, was a Sardo-Punic landowner of Cornus in Sardinia who led the island's revolt against Roman rule in 215 BC during the Second Punic War.
Hannibal Gisco
Hannibal Gisco was a Carthaginian commander of the First Punic War who lost the naval battle of Mylae in 260 BC and was crucified by mutinous troops.
Hannibal Monomachus
Hannibal Monomachus, a Carthaginian officer and friend of Hannibal Barca during the Second Punic War, is known from Polybius for advising soldiers to eat human flesh to ease supply problems.
Hannibal the Rhodian
Hannibal the Rhodian was a Carthaginian nobleman and naval commander who repeatedly ran the Roman blockade of Lilybaeum in 250 BC, during the First Punic War.
Hanno (at Cissa)
Hanno was a Carthaginian commander in Hispania, left north of the Ebro by Hannibal, whom Gnaeus Scipio captured at the Battle of Cissa in 218 BC.
Hanno (at the Aegates)
Hanno was a Carthaginian admiral who led a 250-ship relief fleet defeated by the Romans at the Aegates Islands in 241 BC, ending the First Punic War.
Hanno (Carthaginian commander at Agrigentum)
Hanno, son of Hannibal, called Hanno the Elder, was a Carthaginian general of the First Punic War defeated while relieving the siege of Agrigentum in 262 BC.
Hanno (Messana garrison commander)
Hanno was the Carthaginian commander of the garrison holding the citadel of Messana in 264 BC, crucified by Carthage after losing the city to the Romans.