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Adherbal ( xpu, 𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, ) was a
Carthaginian The term Carthaginian ( la, Carthaginiensis ) usually refers to a citizen of Ancient Carthage.
It can also refer to:
* Carthaginian (ship), a three-masted schooner built in 1921
* Insurgent privateers; nineteenth-century South American privateers, ...
noble who served as the governor of
Gadir (Cadiz) during the
Second Punic War
The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Ital ...
. He was also a Carthaginian military commander in this war under the command of
Mago Barca
Mago Barca ( xpu, 𐤌𐤂𐤍 𐤁𐤓𐤒, ; 243–203BC) was a Barcid Carthaginian 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. Mag ...
. He was one of the lesser generals of the Punic War and was often trying to prove his worth. He is perhaps best known for his defeat in the
naval Battle of Carteia in 206BC while attempting to leave
Carthaginian Spain
The Carthaginian presence in Iberia is long and has been influential on the region.
Background
The Phoenicians were a people from the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean who were mainly traders from the cities of Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre, Sidon, ...
with valuable prisoners. His fleet was defeated near the ancient city of
Carteia
Carteia ( grc, Καρτηίᾳ) was a Phoenician and Roman town at the head of the Bay of Gibraltar in Spain. It was established at the most northerly point of the bay, next to the town of San Roque, about halfway between the modern cities of Alg ...
by
G. Laelius.
See also
*
Other Adherbals in Carthaginian history
*
Baal
Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during Ancient Near East, antiquity. From its use among people, it cam ...
, the Canaanite deity
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Carthaginians
Admirals
3rd-century BC births
Carthaginian commanders of the Second Punic War
Year of birth unknown
3rd-century BC deaths
3rd-century BC Punic people