Autaritus and His Treacherous Mercenary Band
Carthage and Mercenaries When we involve ourselves by sheer lack of judgement and with our eyes open in the depth of misfortune, everyone acknowledges that we have none to blame … Read More
Tag: Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Seizes Eryx
Hamilcar’s Situation Three years came and went in the First Punic War from about 247 to 244 BCE. Hamilcar Barca based his operations out of his secure stronghold … Read More
Hamilcar Barca Gets Serious (and Roman Privateers)
Hercte After Hamilcar had finished his raids against southern Italy he returned to Sicily to try and make something of Carthage’s dismal situation there. He seems to have tried to … Read More
Hamilcar Barca Arrives in Sicily
Rome Does Not Give Up 249 BCE, while being a terrible year of military defeat, a third storm, and political disorder, was not enough to break the Roman … Read More