List of Carthaginians

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This an alphabetical List of ancient Carthaginians. These include all citizens of ancient Carthage remembered in history, before the final Roman destruction of the state.

Note that some persons may be listed multiple times, once for each part of the name.

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Bomilcar — commander in the First Punic War
Bomilcar — suffete and commander in the Second Punic War
Bomilcar — commander in the Second Punic War
Bodo — senator and naval commander
Bostar (Punic: 𐤁‬𐤃‬𐤏‬𐤔‬𐤕𐤓‬𐤕, BDʿŠTRT, "Servant of Ashtart"; Greek: Βώσταρ, Bṓstar) — commander who foolishly gave away the hostages held at Saguntum
Bostar — ambassador sent by Hannibal to Philip V of Macedon in 215 BCE
Bostar — governor of Capua with Hanno in 211 BCE

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Carthalo (fl. 209 BC) — commander
Clitomachus (born Hasdrubal) — philosopher

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Dido — according to ancient Greek and Roman sources the founder and first queen of Carthage

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Gisco of Carthage
Gisgo (son of Hanno I) — son of Hanno I the Great, general
Gisgo (battle of Cannae) — noted officer before the Battle of Cannae

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Hamilcar I of Carthage (r. 510–480 BCE) — king
Hamilcar II of Carthage
Hamilcar, son of Hanno — commander at the Battle of Himera in 480 BC during the First Sicilian War
Hamilcar — Punic strategus against Timoleon of Syracuse
Hamilcar — brother of Gisco (3) and possibly brother of Hanno (9) with whom he was executed in the middle of the 4th century BC (Polyen. Strat. V 11)
Hamilcar the Rhodian — possibly Carthaginian spy in the entourage of Alexander the Great, executed when returning to Carthage
Hamilcar, son of Gisgo and grandson to Hanno the Great (d. 309 BC) — commander in the Third Sicilian War, captured during the Siege of Syracuse and then killed in 309 BC
Hamilcar — strategus during the First Punic War. Not identical with the homonym officer mentioned by Diod. XXIV 12. ELip
Hamilcar — commander during the First Punic War
Hamilcar Barca (c. 270–228 BC) — general during and after the First Punic War (264–241 BC). Father of Hannibal of the Second Punic War
Hannibal (247–183/182 BC) — general who fought the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War
Hannibal Mago (died 406 BC) — shofet (magistrate) of Carthage in 410 BC
Hannibal Gisco (died 258 BC) — military commander in the First Punic War
Hannibal the Rhodian — ship captain during the siege of Lilybaeum in the First Punic War
Hannibal (Mercenary War) (died 238 BC) — general
Hannibal Monomachus — fought alongside the famous Hannibal
Hanno the Elder (died 204 BC) — Carthaginian general
Hanno I the Great (4th century BC) — Carthaginian politician and military leader
Hanno II the Great (3rd century BC) — wealthy Carthaginian aristocrat
Hanno III the Great (2nd century BC) — ultra-conservative Carthaginian politician
Hanno the Navigator — Carthaginian explorer
Hanno, son of Hannibal — Carthaginian general in the First Punic War
Hanno, Messana garrison commander — Carthaginian general in The First Punic War
Hanno, son of Bomilcar — Carthaginian officer in the Second Punic War
Hasdrubal I of Carthage — Magonid king of Ancient Carthage 530–510 BC
Hasdrubal the Fair (c. 270 BC – 221 BC), son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca
Hasdrubal Barca (245–207 BC), son of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal and Mago
Hasdrubal Gisco Gisgonis (died 202 BC), another commander in the Second Punic War, father of Sophonisba
Hasdrubal the Bald — general in the Second Punic War
Hasdrubal the Boetharch — general of Punic forces in the Third Punic War c. 146 BC
Hasdrubal (quartermaster) — officer in the Second Punic War c. 218 BC
Hasdrubal (187/6–110/09 BC; later Clitomachus) — philosopher (187/6–110/09 BC)
Himilco — navigator and explorer who lived during the height of Carthaginian power in the late 6th century BC
Himilco (general)
Himilco (fl. 3rd century BC) - general in Sicily during the Second Punic War.

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Mago I of Carthage
Mago II of Carthage
Mago III of Carthage
Mago Barca
Mago (fleet commander) — commander of the Carthaginian fleet under Himilco in the war against Dionysius I of Syracuse, 396 BCE
Mago (general) — commander of the Carthaginian fleet and army in Sicily in 344 BC
Mago (agricultural writer) — writer and author of an agricultural manual in Punic
Malchus I (c. 556–550 BC) — king

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Phameas - Carthaginian cavalry officer in the Third Punic War

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Sophonisba — noblewoman, daughter of Hasdrubal Gisco Gisgonis (son of Gisco), poisoned herself to avoid humiliation in a Roman triumph

Literature

Geus, Klaus (1994). Prosopographie der literarisch bezeugten Karthager. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 9789068316438.
Benz, Frank L. (1972). Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions: A Catalog, Grammatical Study and Glossary of Elements. Biblical institute Press. ISBN 9788876534270.