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Punic-Phoenician-Canaanite Hebrew אחי-מלקרת (brother of Melqart), a very common name in the Punic culture. There are several different transcriptions into Greek and Roman scripts. The ruling families of ancient Carthage often named their members with the traditional name Hamilcar. For example:

Hamilcar the Magonid - Basileus (king) of Carthage

Hamilcar, son of Hanno, led the Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera in 480 BC during the First Sicilian War

Hamilcar - Punic strategus against Timoleon of Syracuse

A 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, led a campaign against Agathocles of Syracuse between 311 BC and 307 BC in the Third Sicilian War, before his capture and execution.

Hamilcar - Strategus in Sicily and Punic Africa from 261 to 255 BC during the First Punic War. He isn't identical with the homonym officer mentioned by Diod. XXIV 12. ELip

Hamilcar was a Carthaginian commander whose greatest achievement was winning the Battle of Drepanum in 249 BC during the First Punic War.

Hamilcar Barca (about 270 - 228 BC) served as a Carthaginian general during and after the First Punic War (264 - 241 BC). His son was famed general Hannibal of the Second Punic War. The name Hamilcar is constructed with the name of the Tyrian god Melqart.

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