Hasdrubal Barca
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Hasdrubal Barca (d. 207 BC) was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War. He was the second son of Hamilcar Barca, and younger brother of Hannibal. Image:Hasdrubal coin.jpg Left in command of Hispania when Hannibal departed to Italy in 218 BC, he fought for six years against the brothers Gnaeus and Publius Cornelius Scipio. He had on the whole the worst of the conflict, and a defeat in 216 BC prevented him from joining Hannibal in Italy at a critical moment; but in 212 BC he completely routed his opponents, both the Scipios being killed. He was subsequently outgeneralled by Scipio Africanus Major, who in 209 BC captured Carthago Nova and gained other advantages.
In the same year he was summoned to join his brother in Italy. He eluded Scipio by crossing the Pyrenees at their western extremity, and, making his way thence through Gaul and the Alps in safety, penetrated far into Central Italy in 207 BC. He was ultimately checked by two Roman armies, and being forced to give battle was decisively defeated at the Battle of the Metaurus. Hasdrubal himself fell in the fight; his head was cut off and thrown into Hannibal's camp as a sign of his utter defeat.
See also
- Hasdrubal for other Carthaginians of this name
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