__NOTOC__ Hannibal ( xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 , ; died 238 BCE) 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, ...

general who took part in the

Mercenary War The Mercenary War, also known as the Truceless War, was a mutiny by troops that were employed by Carthage at the end of the First Punic War (264241 BC), supported by uprisings of African settlements revolting against Carthaginian contro ...

between Carthage and rebelling mercenaries. During this war, he replaced

Hanno II the Great Hanno II the Great ( xpu, 𐤇‬𐤍‬𐤀‬‬, ) was a wealthy Carthaginian aristocrat in the 3rd century BC. Hanno's wealth was based on the land he owned in Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, and during the First Punic War he led the ...

as a commander of the Carthaginian army. He took part in a successful campaign against some rebel cities, along with

Hamilcar Barca Hamilcar Barca or Barcas ( xpu, 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤁𐤓𐤒, ''Ḥomilqart Baraq''; –228BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago. He was also father-in-l ...

. During the Siege of Tunis, he was captured during a night raid 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 ...

, along with some other high-ranking Carthaginians. French author

Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , , ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flauber ...

conflates his character with that of Hanno in his historical novel ''

Salammbô ''Salammbô'' (1862) is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert. It is set in Carthage immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt (241–237 BCE). Flaubert's principal source was Book I of the '' Histories'', written by the Greek his ...

''.

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*Goldsworthy, Adrian ''The Punic Wars'', Cassell 2000, , page 135 * . *Eckstein, Arthur M. ''Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius'', University of California Press, 1995, , p. 177 *

Polybius Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail. Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...

''Histories''
"Polybius on the Mercenaries War"
Jorn Barger September 2002 *Flaubert, Postscript to ''

'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hannibal People executed by crucifixion Carthaginian generals Year of birth unknown 238 BC deaths 3rd-century BC Punic people

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