Hamilkar (values)

• Hamilkar Barka (circa 270-228 BC) is the most famous of the name bearers. Carthaginian commander during and after the First Punic War . His son was Hannibal - the famous commander of the Second Punic War .

Other carriers:

• Hamilcar I , aka Hamilcar Magonid - king of Carthage
• Hamilcar, son of Gannon - leader of the Carthaginian forces during the siege of Gimera in 480 BC. e. during the First Sicilian War
• Hamilkar - Phoenician commander in the war against Timoleon from Syracuse
• Hamilcar is the brother of Hescon, probably the brother of Gannon, with whom he was executed in the middle of the 4th century BC. e. ( Polian . Strategies, V, 11)
• Hamilcar Rodan - probably a Carthaginian spy surrounded by Alexander the Great , executed on his return to Carthage
• Hamilkar - supported the enemies of Agathocles during the seizure of power in Syracuse, and then made peace with him. Was recalled to Carthage.
• Hamilcar , son of Giesgon and grandson of Hannon the Great , led the campaign against Agathocles in 311-307. BC e. during the Third Sicilian War until his capture and execution
• Hamilcar is a commander in Sicily and in Punic Africa from 261–255. BC e. during the First Punic War
• Hamilcar - Carthaginian commander who won the battle of Drepane during the First Punic War

The name "Hamilcar" (in the forms "Amilkar", "Amilkar", "Amilkar", etc.) has become widespread in Mediterranean cultures. Known carriers:

• Amilkar Cabral is an African nationalist.
• Amilcare Cipriani is an Italian anarchist.
• Amilkar Hazenfratz - the pseudonym of the sculptor F. Bartholdi
• Amilcare Ponchielli is a composer.

• en: General Aircraft Hamilcar - the World War II glider
• en: Amilcar - a French car manufactured in the 1920s – 1930s.

• BH Warmington, Carthage . Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964.
• FL Benz, Personal names in the Phoenician and Punic inscriptions . Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1972

• Livius.org: Hamilcar, son of Hanno