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Hasdrubal the Bald ( la, Hasdrubal Calvus; xpu, 饜饜饜饜饜饜 , ''士Azruba士al'', "Help of
Baal
Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , ba士l; hbo, , ba士al, ). ( ''ba士al'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied t ...
") was a
Carthaginian general in the
Second Punic War. In 215 BCE, Hasdrubal was sent by Carthage to take the restive Roman territory of
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, but his fleet was wrecked en route in a storm off the
Balearic Islands.
By the time he regrouped and arrived,
Manlius Torquatus had largely pacified the territory, defeating
Hiostus, son of the Sardinian leader
Hampsicora, and was well-prepared against Hasdrubal's arrival. Manlius handily defeated the combined Carthaginian and Sardinian forces in the
Battle of Decimomannu
The Battle of Decimomannu or Caralis took place in Sardinia when a Carthaginian army sailed to the island to support a local revolt against Roman rule. The army, led by Hasdrubal the Bald, fought a similar size Roman army under the Praetor Tit ...
, in which Hasdrubal the Bald was captured.
See also
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Other Hasdrubals in Carthaginian history
References
Citations
Bibliography
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Carthaginian commanders of the Second Punic War
Ancient Sardinia
3rd-century BC Punic people