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At his daughter’s name Hamilcar leaped to his feet.
Salammbo 2003
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Even if most of the pieces weren't missing, this would be a gnarly puzzle thanks to the fiendish complexity of Carthaginian politics (not to mention that nation's propensity to call everyone either Hanno, Hamilcar or Hannibal, which makes the book's index an amusing read).
A story of Hannibal offers a lesson to the modern world 2010
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Meanwhile Xanthippus and Hamilcar almost died four times each.
I Think I Finally Got the Hang of Bagradas | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2010
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Eg, the name Barcelona derives from its founder, Hamilcar Barca.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Jacqueline Carey, Part 2 2007
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Did they not remember the damage Hamilcar Barca had inflicted upon them during the last war between Rome and Carthage?
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By the benevolent will of the gods, Hamilcar had been dead some years now, but his son-in-law, Hasdrubal the Handsome, had stretched their domain farther and built a fortress-city at New Carthage.
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Did they remember that after this reversal Hamilcar had not only prevailed over the mercenary revolt in his own country but had also begun carving into Iberian soil?
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Which man suffered the most contentious relationship with Hamilcar and why?
The Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham: Questions 2005
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The creature's name was not new to them, for it was the ever hungry Hannibal Barca of Carthage, the son of Hamilcar, avowed enemy of Rome.
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But Hamilcar had been resurrected in his son Hannibal.
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