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'''Hamilcar''' ({{langx|xpu|𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊{{popdf}}}}, {{sc|ḥmlk}},{{sfnp|Huss|1985|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=NvEK7kc3qnQC&pg=PA565 565]}}<ref name=g>{{harvp|Geus|1994|loc=s.v. [https://books.google.com/books?id=i-UlWu-E8FYC&pg=PA36 "Hamilcar"]}}.</ref> or {{lang|xpu|𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕}}, {{sc|ḥmlqrt}},{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} "[[Melqart]] is Gracious";<ref name=g/> {{langx|grc|Ἁμίλκας}}, ''Hamílkas'';<ref name=g/>) was a common [[Carthaginian Empire|Carthaginian]] [[masculine name|masculine]] [[given name]]. The name was particularly common among the ruling families of [[ancient Carthage]].

People named Hamilcar include:

* [[Hamilcar I of Carthage|Hamilcar the Magonid]], "King" of Carthage, led the Carthaginian forces at the [[Battle of Himera (480 BC)|Battle of Himera]] in 480{{nbsp}}BC during the First Sicilian War
* Hamilcar, a general against [[Timoleon]] of [[Kingdom of Syracuse|Syracuse]]
* Hamilcar, a brother of [[Gisco (died 239 BC)|Gisco]], possibly brother of [[Hanno the Great#Hanno II the Great|Hanno II]], with whom he was executed in the middle of the 3rd century{{nbsp}}BC<ref>Polyen., ''Strat.'', Book V, Ch. 11.</ref>
* Hamilcar the Rhodian, possibly a Carthaginian spy in the entourage of [[Alexander the Great]], executed when returning to Carthage.
* Hamilcar, son of [[Gisco]] and grandson of [[Hanno the Great]], led a campaign against [[Agathocles]] of [[Kingdom of Syracuse|Syracuse]] during the [[Greek-Punic Wars#The Third Sicilian War (315–307 BC)|Third Sicilian War]]. He defeated Agathocles in the [[Battle of the Himera River (311 BC)|Battle of the Himera River]] in 311&nbsp;BC. He was captured during the [[Siege of Syracuse (311–309 BC)|Siege of Syracuse]] and then killed in 309&nbsp;BC.
* Hamilcar, a general in Sicily and Africa from 261 to 255 BC during the [[First Punic War]], distinct from the Hamilcar mentioned by [[Diodorus of Sicily|Diodorus]]<ref>[[Diodorus of Sicily|Diod.]], Book XXIV, Ch. 12.</ref>
* [[Hamilcar (Drepanum)|Hamilcar]] was a Carthaginian commander whose greatest achievement was winning the [[Battle of Drepanum]] in 249{{nbsp}}BC during the First Punic War.
* [[Hamilcar Barca]] ({{c.|270}}&ndash;228{{nbsp}}BC) served as a Carthaginian general during and after the First Punic War. His son was [[Hannibal]], famous for his exploits during the [[Second Punic War]].
* [[Hamilcar Rashed Jr.]] (born 1998), American football player

In various forms, the name sometimes appears in other cultures. The [[Italian name]] '''Amilcare''' was one of the given names of the dictator [[Benito Mussolini]] and the composer [[Amilcare Ponchielli]]. The [[Portuguese name]] '''Amílcar''' was one of the given names of the prominent African revolutionary [[Amílcar Cabral]].

==See also==
*[[General Aircraft Hamilcar]] &mdash; the World War II glider
*[[Amilcar]] &mdash; French-made automobile from the 1920s and 1930s
*[[Amílcar Cabral]] &mdash; African nationalist
*[[Amilcare Cipriani]] &mdash; Italian anarchist
*[[Amilcare Ponchielli]] &mdash; Italian composer
*[[Amilcar Hasenfratz]] &mdash; a [[pseudonym]] of [[Frédéric Bartholdi]]

==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
* {{citation |first=F.L. |last=Benz |title=Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions |location=Rome |publisher=Biblical Institute Press |date=1972 }}.
* {{citation |last=Geus |first=Klaus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-UlWu-E8FYC |title=Prosopographie der Literarisch Bezeugten Karthager |series=''Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta'', Vol.{{nbsp}}59, ''Studia Phoenica'', No.{{nbsp}}13 |publisher=Peeters |location=Leuven |date=1994 |isbn=9789068316438 }}. {{in lang|de}}
* {{citation |last=Huss |first=Werner |title=Geschichte der Karthager |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvEK7kc3qnQC |publisher=C.H. Beck |location=Munich |date=1985 |isbn=9783406306549 }}. {{in lang|de}} 
* {{citation |first=B.H. |last=Warmington |title=Carthage |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=Penguin |date=1964 }}.

==External links==
*[https://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hamilcar/hamilcar1.html Livius.org: Hamilcar, son of Hanno] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015144958/http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hamilcar/hamilcar1.html |date=2012-10-15 }}

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