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Bomilcar ( xpu, π€π€π€π€π€π€π€ , ) 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, ...
commander in the war against
Agathocles Agathocles ( Greek: ) is a Greek name, the most famous of which is Agathocles of Syracuse, the tyrant of Syracuse. The name is derived from , ''agathos'', i.e. "good" and , ''kleos'', i.e. "glory".
Other personalities named Agathocles:
*Agathocles ...
, who invaded
Africa
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in 310BC.
In the first battle with the invaders, his colleague
Hanno
Hanno may refer to:
People
* Hanno (given name)
:* Hanunu (8th century BC), Philistine king previously rendered by scholars as "Hanno"
*Hanno ( xpu, π€π€π€ , '; , ''HannΕn''), common Carthaginian name
:* Hanno the Navigator, Carthagi ...
was killed and, according to
Diodorus
Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, ΞΞΉΟΞ΄ΟΟΞΏΟ ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which su ...
, Bomilcar permitted the enemy to succeed on the field with the hope that his frightened countrymen would permit him to become
tyrant
A tyrant (), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty. Often portrayed as cruel, tyrants may defend their positions by resorting to re ...
of Carthage. In 308BC, after many delays and misgivings, he attempted to seize the government with the aid of 500 citizens and a number of mercenaries but his followers were induced to desert him by promises of pardon. He himself was taken and
crucified
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...
.
[Diod. xx. 43, 44 ; ]Justin
Justin may refer to: People
* Justin (name), including a list of persons with the given name Justin
* Justin (historian), a Latin historian who lived under the Roman Empire
* Justin I (c. 450β527), or ''Flavius Iustinius Augustus'', Eastern Rom ...
, xxii. 7. (cited by Smith)
See also
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Other Bomilcars in Carthaginian history
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Melqart, the Canaanite deity
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Carthaginians
Carthaginian generals
4th-century BC Punic people
People executed by crucifixion