Alorcus was a Spaniard who flourished around the 3rd century BC and who served in
Hannibal
Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...
's army, known only from a mention in
Livy, followed by other Roman sources. He was a friend of the
Saguntines, and went into
Saguntum, when the city was reduced to the last extremity, to endeavor to persuade the inhabitants to accept Hannibal's terms.
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3rd-century BC people
Celtic warriors
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