Hasdrubal
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Hasdrubal (hăz'drūbəl), d. 221 B.C., Carthaginian general. He fought under his father-in-law, Hamilcar Barca, in Africa and in Spain, where he succeeded (229 or 228 B.C.) Hamilcar as general. He increased the empire in Spain, where he founded Carthago Nova (modern Cartagena). By treaty with Rome (226 B.C.), he fixed the northern boundary of Carthaginian Spain at the Ebro River.
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general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC)
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Hasdrubal (in Latin transliteration; the original Phoenician form of the name was Azruba'al, lit. "the help of Baal") was the name of several Carthaginian generals of the First and Second Punic War. Among them the most famous are:
- Hasdrubal (Regent) reigned in Carthage in the 6th Century BC
- Hasdrubal (son of Hanno) fought in Sicily
- Hasdrubal the Fair, son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca
- Hasdrubal, son of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal and Mago
- Hasdrubal Gisco, another commander in the Second Punic War
- Hasdrubal the Boeotarch was also the general of Punic forces in the Third Punic War (see Battle of Carthage).
- Hasdrubal, commander of the service corps
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- Metauro (river, Italy)
- Sophonisba (Carthaginian royalty)
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- Cartagena (city, Spain)
- Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
- Punic Wars
