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 | | In turn, their respect for him was evident in Hamilcar's ability to hold out against Roman siege for so long as Roman influence spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean during the first Punic War from 264-241 B.C. (Punic, i.e. |
 | | Poeni in Latin, was the Roman name for the Carthaginians, stemming from the word Phoenician, the ancestral lineage of Carthanginians). |
 | | When Rome finally relented, Hamilcar was given free passage with his family, soldiers, and slaves back to Carthage. |
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