Hasdrubal the Boetharch
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Hasdrubal the Boeotarch
)Hasdrubal the Boetharch (
Boeotian Confederacy
.
Life
Hasdrubal led the Carthaginian forces at the
Siege of Carthage in 146 BC. Their defeat by Scipio Aemilianus, proconsul of the Roman Republic, brought the war to a close. Hasdrubal's military skill was not to be doubted, as his army had been well trained and equipped. His work at defending Carthage cost the Romans a difficult campaign to suppress the defenders. His tactical skills, however, were dwarfed by his contemporaries Massinissa
and Scipio.
According to Polybius, after Hasdrubal surrendered to Scipio, his wife cursed her husband, cut the throats of their two sons, threw them into a burning temple, and charged in herself. Hasdrubal was taken to Rome and displayed during Scipio's triumph, but later allowed to live in peace in Italy.[3]
This may be the same general Hasdrubal who was defeated near the town of
Numidian king, Masinissa
, just after war was declared (149 BC).
See also
- Other Hasdrubals in Carthaginian history
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Havell, H.L. (2009), Republican Rome..., BiblioBazaar, p. 321, ISBN 978-1-115-39574-8.
- Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck, ISBN 9783406306549. (in German)
- Mommsen, Theodor (1870), William Purdie Dickson (ed.), The History of Rome, Vol. 3, New York: C. Scribner & Co, pp. 42–54.
- Book XXXVIII of Polybius's Histories, English trans., 7–8,20
- Smith, William, ed. (1849), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol. II, C.C. Little & J. Brown, pp. 359–360.
External links
Look up 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Media related to Hasdrubal the Boetharch at Wikimedia Commons- Polybius, Fragments of Book XXXVIII, 7
- Livius.org: Hasdrubal
- William Smith, "Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Volume 2", C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1849 [1].
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