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SARDINIA (Island) ITALY
Hampsicora, a Sardinian chief, who, after the battle of Cannae (B. C. 216), entered
into secret negotiations with the Carthaginians, inviting them to send over a
force to Sardinia, to recover that important island front the dominion of Rome.
His overtures were eagerly listened to, and Hasdrubal, surnamed the Bald, dispatched
with a fleet and army, to support the intended revolt. But before the arrival
of Hasdrubal, and while Hampsicora himself was engaged in levying troops in the
interior of the island, his son Hiostus rashly allowed himself to be led into
an engagement with the Roman praetor, T. Manlius, in which he was defeated, and
his forces dispersed. The arrival of Hasdrubal for a moment changed the face of
affairs, but he and Hampsicora having advanced with their united forces against
Caralis, the capital of the Roman province, they were met by Manlius, when a decisive
battle took place, in which the Romans were completely victorious. Hiostus fell
in the action, and Hampsicora, who had made his escape from the field of battle,
on learning the death of his son, put an end to his own life. These events occurred
in the summer of B. C. 215. (Liv. xxiii. 32, 40, 41.)
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Nov 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Hannibal. An officer sent by the Carthaginians to Sardinia in B. C. 239 to reduce the mercenaries there, who had followed the example of those in Africa, mutinied, and put to death their commander, Bostar. But no sooner did Hanno arrive in the island than his own troops declared in favour of the rebels, by whom he was taken prisoner and immediately crucified. (Polyb. i. 79.)
Hanno. A Carthaginian of noble birth, said by Livy to have been the chief instigator of the revolt in Sardinia under Hampsicora during the second Punic war. He was taken prisoner, together with the Carthaginian general, Hasdrubal, in the decisive action which put an end to the war in that island, B. C. 215. (Liv. xxiii. 41.)
Hasdrubal. Surnamed the Bald (Calvus), commander of the Carthaginian expedition to Sardinia in the Second Punic War, B. C. 215. The revolt of Hampsicora in Sardinia having excited in the government of Carthage hopes of recovering that important island, they placed under the command of Hasdrubal a fleet and army equal to those sent into Spain under Mago, with which he put to sea; but a storm drove his armament to the Balearic islands, where he was obliged to remain some time in order to refit. Meanwhile, affairs in Sardinia had taken an unfavourable turn, notwithstanding which, he landed his forces in the island, and uniting them with those of Hampsicora, marched straight upon Caralis, when they were met by the Roman praetor, T. Manlius. A pitched battle ensued, which ended in the total defeat of the Carthaginian army. Hasdrubal himself was numade prisoner, and carried in triumph to Rome by Manlius. (Liv. xxiii. 32, 34, 40, 41; Zonar. ix. 4; Eutrop. iii. 13.)
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Nov 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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