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 | | Perceiving his fellow-citizens to be greatly disquieted at the projects of Alexander of Macedon (B.C. 332), he betook himself to that prince, in order, if possible, to penetrate his designs, and give his countrymen timely notice of them. |
 | | In attempting to make himself master of Syracuse, during the absence of Agathocles in Africa, he was taken prisoner and put to death, B.C. (5) Surnamed Barca, the leader of the popular party at Carthage, appointed in the eighteenth year of the First Punic War (B.C. 247) to the command of the Carthaginian armies. |
 | | After the end of this war Hamilcar was sent into Spain (B.C. He remained in Spain nearly nine years, during which time he extended the dominion of Carthage over the southern and eastern parts of that country. |
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