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Himilco was quoted three times by Rufus Festus Avienus, who wrote Ora Maritima, a poetical account of the geography in the 4th century AD.
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He left Himilco the Navigator in charge at Cartagena and marched for the Ebro river, but was heavily defeated in the Battle of Dertosa in the spring of 215 BC.
5th century BCE ), sometimes referred to as Himilco the Navigator, was a Carthaginian sailor.
Himilco was not ( according to Avienus ) the first to sail the northern Atlantic ocean ; according to Avenius, Himilco followed the trade route used by the Tartessians of southern Iberia.
Maharbal was son of Himilco, presumably a Carthaginian, of whom nothing is known.
Himilco and by
After the main Roman expedition landed at Utica, consuls Manius Manilius and Lucius Marcius Censorius launched a two-pronged attack on Carthage, but were eventually repulsed by the army of the Carthaginian Generals Hasdrubal the Boeotarch and Himilco Phameas.
The string of Roman naval victories, such as Mylae and Ecnomus, gave them the confidence to make a direct attack on the Carthaginian stronghold of Lilybaeum governed by Himilco.
However, the sea may have been known to earlier mariners, as a poem by the late 4th century AD author, Rufus Festus Avienus, describes a portion of the Atlantic as being covered with seaweed, citing a now-lost account by the 5th-century BC Carthaginian explorer Himilco the Navigator.
Another ancient chief text cited by Avienus is the Periplus of Himilco, the description of a Punic expedition through the coasts of western Europe which took place at the same time of the circummnavigation of Africa by Hanno ( c. 500 BC ).
Himilco and 4th
The Carthaginian sailor Himilco is said to have visited the island in the 5th century BC and the Greek explorer Pytheas in the 4th.
Himilco and century
Himilco ( Phoenician Chimilkât ), a Carthaginian navigator and explorer, lived during the height of Carthaginian power, the 5th century BC.
Himilco and .
A single law of his has survived, dated 11 March 473, addressed to Himilco, the Praetorian Prefect of Italy ; it concerns simony.
On his return home, the Carthaginian general, Himilco, commits suicide.
* Himilco crosses to Sicily from Carthage with a fresh army, conquers the north coast, puts Dionysius I, the Tyrant of Syracuse, on the defensive and besieges Syracuse.
Himilco has to escape back to Carthage.
Himilco assumes command and captures Agrigentum ( Acragas ), Gela and Camarina.
Himilco ( fl.
* Himilco ( general ) ( died c. 396 BCE ), Carthaginian soldier at the Battle of Messene
* Himilco ( Punic War ) ( fl.
Himilco is the first known explorer from the Mediterranean Sea to reach the northwestern shores of Europe.
We know next to nothing of Himilco himself.
Himilco sailed north along the Atlantic coast of present-day Spain, Portugal and France.
Himilco described his journeys as quite harrowing, repeatedly reporting sea monsters and seaweed, likely in order to deter Greek rivals from competing on their new trade routes.
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