He rose to prominence in an earlier conflict, where he managed to defend the Sicilian towns of Drepana and Lilybaeum for several years until the cutting-off of his supply lines after the 241 BC naval defeat near the Aegates islands against a Roman fleet, which effectively ended the first Punic war.
He drowned in the Jucar river while retreating after the failed siege of Helice, in the aftermath of a highly successful campaign that saw him found the city of Akra Leuke, modern day Alicante. Before his conquest of Iberia, he had gained victory over Spendius and Mathos in the Mercenary or Truceless war, where he managed to fend off the siege of his hometown. He rose to prominence in an earlier conflict, where he managed to defend the Sicilian towns of Drepana and Lilybaeum for several years until the cutting-off of his supply lines after the 241 BC naval defeat near the Aegates islands against a Roman fleet, which effectively ended the first Punic war. Who was, FTP, this Carthaginian statesman and general, father of Hannibal and Hasdrubal?
He drowned in the Jucar river while retreating after the failed siege of Helice, in the aftermath of a highly successful campaign that saw him found the city of Akra Leuke, modern day Alicante.
{Hamilcar Barca}