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Mago
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Barcid Carthaginian who played an important role in the Second Punic War
Key facts
- Native name
- 𐤌𐤂𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤒
- Born
- 243 BC
- Died
- 202/3 BC (aged 40–41)
- Allegiance
- Carthage
- Rank
- General
- Conflicts
- Punic Wars Second Punic War Battle of the Trebia Battle of Cannae Battle of Munda Battle of the Upper Baetis Battle of Baecula Battle of Ilipa Battle of Insubria ( Wounded in action</span>"}]]}'>WIA )
- Relations
- Hamilcar Barca (father) Hasdrubal (brother) Hannibal (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Carthage
- Place of birth
- Carthage
- Place of death
- Mediterranean Sea
- Father
- Hamilcar Barca
- Occupation
- military leader
- Conflict
- Second Punic War
- Military branch
- military of ancient Carthage
- Military rank
- commanding officer
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- date of death
- 0203-01-01
- date of birth
- 0243-01-01
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- name in native language
- 𐤌𐤂𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤒
- allegiance
- Ancient Carthage
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mago Barca (Punic: 𐤌𐤂𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤒, romanized: Magon Barqa; died 202 BC) was a Carthaginian, member of the Barcid family, who played an important role in the Second Punic War, leading forces of Carthage against the Roman Republic in Iberia and northern and central Italy. Mago was the third son of Hamilcar Barca, was the brother of Hannibal and Hasdrubal, and was the brother-in-law of Hasdrubal the Fair.
Little is known about his early years, except that, unlike his brothers, he is not mentioned during the ambush in which his father was killed in 228 BC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mago” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.