Bomilcar (suffete)

Bomilcar (Punic: 𐤁𐤃‬𐤌𐤋‬𐤒‬𐤓‬𐤕‬, BDMLQRT)^[1] was a Carthaginian nobleman and commander in the Second Punic War (218–201 BC).

He was a son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca and the father of the Hanno who commanded a portion of Hannibal's army at the passage of the Rhone (218 BC) and at the Battle of Cannae. This Bomilcar seems to have been one of the Carthaginian suffetes^[2] and to have presided in that assembly of the senate in which the Second Punic War was resolved upon.^[3]

See also

• Other Bomilcars in Carthaginian history
• Melqart, the Canaanite deity

References

Citations

1. Huss (1985), p. 561.
2. see Gottling, Excurs, iii. ad Arist. Polit. p. 484 (cited by Smith)
3. Polyb. iii. 33, 42 ; Liv. xxi. 18, 27, 28.) (cited by Smith)

Bibliography

• Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck, ISBN 9783406306549. (in German)
•   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)