* Hamilcar pardons his captured prisoners, accepting into his army anyone who will fight for Carthage, and exiling any who will not.

Hamilcar ultimately left Carthage for the Iberian peninsula where he captured rich silver mines and subdued many tribes who fortified his army with levies of native troops.

* Hamilcar and another Carthaginian general, Hannibal, besiege Mathos ' mercenary army at Tunis and crucify the captured mercenary leaders in sight of the mercenary battlements.

* Concerned that Hamilcar Barca's leniency in pardoning those who he has captured who have participated in the Mercenary War will encourage others to defect, Mathos and Spendius order the mutilation and execution of " about seven hundred " Carthaginian prisoners, including Gesco.

* The Carthaginian general Hamilcar fails to take Syracuse and is captured and killed.

Hamilcar sized the town of Eryx, captured by the Romans in 249 BC after destroying the Roman garrison, and positioned his army between the Roman forces stationed at the summit and their camp at the base of the mountain.

* Hamilcar and Hannibal besiege Mathos ' army at Tunis, and crucify the captured mercenary leaders in sight of the mercenary battlements.

* Spendius, a slave of Hamilcar, captured at the battle of Argunisae, who becomes a leader of the Mercenaries during the Revolt

It was next captured by the Carthaginians under Hamilcar Barca ; legend has it that this is the place where he made his son Hannibal swear an oath that he would never be a friend of Rome.

Had Hamilcar suffered a decisive defeat, casualties and prisoners would have diminished their numbers and Carthage would have had an excuse not to pay anything.

The result could not be doubtful, and the city was soon taken by storm: a large part of the citizens were put to the sword, and not less than 3000 of them, who had been taken prisoners, were put to death in cold blood by Hannibal, as a sacrifice to the memory of his grandfather Hamilcar.

Hamilcar manages to force the mercenary armies into a box canyon in the Battle of " The Saw ".

Hamilcar ’ s soldiers, who had been kept together only by his personal authority and by the promise of good pay, broke out into open mutiny and marched on Carthage and encamped at Tunis.

The eight Locusts were loaded into separate Hamilcar gliders between 17 – 20 March, and on the morning of 24 March were towed from the airfield by Handley Page Halifax heavy bombers to join the rest of the gliders and transport aircraft carrying the two airborne divisions.

When the Carthaginian army was routed towards dusk, Hamilcar jumped into the sacrificial fire.

His talents eventually won over a portion of the mercenary armies to Carthage's side, and at the decisive Battle of " The Saw ", Hamilcar destroyed the bulk of the rebel army, cunningly routing them into a steep ravine and blockading them there until they starved to death.

* Hamilcar manages to force the mercenary armies into a box canyon at the Battle of " The Saw ".

Hence it was against Himera that the first efforts of Hamilcar were directed: but Theron, who had thrown himself into the city with all the forces at his command, was able to maintain its defence till the arrival of Gelon of Syracuse, who, notwithstanding the numerical inferiority of his forces, defeated the vast army of the Carthaginians with such slaughter that the Battle of Himera ( 480 BC ) was regarded by the Greeks of Sicily as worthy of comparison with the contemporary victory of Salamis.

Carthage at the time was in such a poor state that its navy was unable to transport his army to Iberia ( Hispania ); instead, Hamilcar had to march it towards the Pillars of Hercules and transport it across the Strait of Gibraltar ( present-day Morocco / Spain ).

The causes leading the Selinuntines to abandon the cause of the other Greeks, and take part with the Carthaginians during the great expedition of Hamilcar ( 480 BCE ) are unknown ; they had even promised to send a contingent to the Carthaginian army, which, however did not arrive till after its defeat

The Carthaginians in the following spring ( 409 BCE ) sent over a vast army amounting, according to the lowest estimate, to 100, 000 men, with which Hannibal Mago ( the grandson of Hamilcar that was killed at Himera ) landed at Lilybaeum, and from thence marched direct to Selinunte.

Under the Carthaginian military leader, Hamilcar, Carthage sends across a large army.

Following the assassination of Hasdrubal, Hannibal, the son of the Carthaginian general, Hamilcar Barca, is proclaimed commander-in-chief by the army and his appointment is confirmed by the Carthaginian government.

* Nevertheless, Hamilcar Barca leads a Carthaginian army in an invasion of the Iberian Peninsula with the aim of building a base from which war with Rome can be renewed.

* Hamilcar Barca strikes at the supply lines of the mercenary army besieging Carthage, forcing them to cease the siege of the city.

* The mercenary army, under the leadership of Spendius, attempts to fight its way out of the siege but is totally defeated by the Carthaginian forces led by Hamilcar Barca.

* Hamilcar Barca transfers his army to the slopes of Mount Eryx ( Monte San Giuliano ), from which he is able to lend support to the besieged garrison in the neighbouring town of Drepanum ( Trapani ).

* Aircraft for army co-operation and liaison and gliders were given names associated with mythological or legendary leaders ; e. g. Westland Lysander, Airspeed Horsa, General Aircraft Hamilcar, Slingsby Hengist.

* The Carthaginian general Hamilcar crosses the Mediterranean with an army and wins Battle of Himera against the tyrant of Syracuse, Agathocles ' forces.

Carthage at this time was feeling the strain of the prolonged conflict ( In addition to maintaining a fleet and soldiers in Sicily they were also fighting the Libyans and Numidians in Africa ), and as a result Hamilcar was given a fairly small army and the Carthaginian fleet was gradually withdrawn so that by 242 BC Carthage had no ships to speak of in Sicily.

With a small force and no money to hire new troops, Hamilcar ’ s strategic goal probably was to maintain a stalemate, as he had not the recourses to win the war and nor the authority to peacefully settle it Hamilcar was in command of a mercenary army composed of multiple nationalities and his ability to successfully lead this force demonstrates his skill as field commander.

The difference is that Fabius commanded a numerically superior army than his opponent and had no supply problems, and had room to maneuver, while Hamilcar was mostly static and had a far smaller army than the Romans and was dependent on seaborne supplies from Carthage.

With a reduced army and fleet, Hamilcar commenced his operations.

In 244 BC Hamilcar transferred his army at night by sea to a similar position on the slopes of Mt.

Hamilcar had to promise considerable rewards to keep the morale of his army up, which was to near fatal problems for Carthage later on.

Hamilcar Barca refused the demand to surrender Roman deserters or disarm Carthaginian soldiers despite being threatened by Lutatius to have the Punic army pass under the yoke.

Hanno the Great initially commanded the Punic army, but after his defeat at Utica Hamilcar Barca was called out of retirement.

Some sources say that the city may have been named after the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, who was supposed to have founded the city in the 3rd century BC.

The second legend attributes the foundation of the city directly to the historical Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal, who named the city Barcino after his family in the 3rd century BC.

The Iberian conquest was begun by Hamilcar Barca and his other son-in-law, Hasdrubal the Fair, who ruled relatively independently of Carthage and signed the Ebro treaty with Rome.

In the Battle of Himera, Gelo, who had allied with Theron of Agrigento, decisively defeated the African force led by Hamilcar.

Hasdrubal Gisco is the son of the Gesco who had served together with Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal's father, in Sicily during the First Punic War and son-in-law of Hanno the Elder who was one of Hannibal's lieutenants in Italy.

** Hamilcar Barca, Carthaginian general who has assumed command of the Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the last years of the First Punic War with Rome, helped Carthage win the Mercenary War and brought extensive territory in the Iberian Peninsula under Carthaginian control ( b. c. 270 BC )

* Hamilcar Barca, Carthaginian general who has assumed command of the Carthaginian forces in Sicily during the last years of the First Punic War with Rome, helped Carthage win the Mercenary War and brought extensive territory in the Iberian Peninsula under Carthaginian control ( b. c. 270 BC )

* The Romans send envoys to Massilia ( modern Marseille, France ) to negotiate with the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca who is based there.

Hannibal Mago, the grandson of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar ( who unsuccessfully invaded Sicily in 480 BC ), begins preparations to reclaim Sicily.

* Hamilcar Barca, founder of Barcid Spain and leading Carthaginian general who will fight against Rome in Sicily and Italy, against the Libyans and the mercenary revolt in Africa, and against the Iberians and Celti-Iberians in Spain ( d. 228 BC )

Once inside they signalled to the rest of Gelo ’ s troops, who were stationed in the mountains overlooking the camp, by setting fire to Hamilcar ’ s ships.

After the war, Hanno refused to pay the mercenaries who had been promised money and rewards by Hamilcar.

This was a problem, as some 20, 000 mercenaries, formerly under the command of Hamilcar Barca ( who had resigned his command at the end of the First Punic War ), would shortly be returning from Lilybaeum ( modern Marsala in Sicily ) to Carthage.

The mercenaries were unhappy with the rejection of their demands, and were mistrustful of Hanno, much preferring to deal with the commanders they had served under in Sicily, such as Hamilcar, who had seen their worth and furthermore made promises to them.

Hamilcar then won a further victory with the aid of Navaras who had defected from the rebels.

The magnitude of the armament sent under Hamilcar, who is said to have landed in Sicily with an army of 300, 000 men, in itself sufficiently proves that the conquest of Himera was rather the pretext, than the object, of the war: but it is likely that the growing power of that city, in the immediate neighborhood of the Carthaginian settlements of Panormus and Solus, had already given umbrage to the latter people.