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Hasdrubal
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The name of several distinguished Carthaginian generals, of whom the most noted were, the son of Hamilcar Barca (q. v .) and brother of Hannibal ( q. v .); he played a prominent part in the Second Punic War, conquered Cn. Scipio in Spain (212 B.C.), and subsequently commanded the Carthaginian army in Italy; he fell at the battle of the Metaurus in 207 B.C.: the brother-in-law of Hamilcar Barca, whom he succeeded in 228 B.C. as administrator of the new empire in the Iberian peninsula; he pushed the western frontiers back to the Tagus, and by his strong yet conciliatory government firmly established the Carthaginian power; he was assassinated in 221 B.C.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hasdrubal'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hasdrubal.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hasdrubal'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hasdrubal.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
