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Hasdrubal Barca
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Key facts
- Born
- 245 BC, Carthage , Ancient Carthage (modern Tunisia )
- Died
- 22 June 207 BC (aged 38), Metauro River , Roman Republic
- Office
- Strategos of Iberia , (218 BC–207 BC)
- Father
- Hamilcar Barca
- Relatives
- Hannibal (brother) Mago (brother)
- Allegiance
- Carthage
- Branch service
- Carthaginian Army
- Rank
- General
- Commands
- Carthaginian forces in Iberia
- Battles wars
- Second Punic War Battle of Cissa Battle of Ebro River Battle of Ibera Battle of Munda Battle of the Upper Baetis Battle of Baecula Battle of the Metaurus †
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Carthage
- Place of birth
- Carthage
- Place of death
- Metauro
- Father
- Hamilcar Barca
- Conflict
- Battle of Cannae
- Military branch
- military of ancient Carthage
- Image
- Hasdrubal coin.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hasdrubal
- date of death
- 0207-00-00
- date of birth
- 0245-00-00
- cause of death
- decapitation
- allegiance
- Ancient Carthage
- different from
- Hasdrubal the Fair
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Encyclopedic overview
Hasdrubal Barca (245 – 22 June 207 BC), a latinization of the Punic ʿAzrubaʿal (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, romanized: ʿAzrōbaʿl), son of Hamilcar Barca, was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War. He was the brother of Hannibal and Mago Barca.
Youth and Iberian leadership
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hasdrubal Barca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.