The Rise of Hannibal
The Ancients
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The Carthaginian Elite Society
We know a lot less about hannibal's family, the barke dynasty, than we'd like. That's the big problem with carthaginian history. We don't know much about it, and we never get their side of the story. Now really it emerges with hannibal’s father, hamilcarn he's important. He's a leading general in the first punic war and goes on to be a leading commander subsequently. So there might actually be more cultural interaction and intermarriage in these aristocratic houses than we know about. But as with everything else, we don't know. However, we also look and hamilcar will marry hann
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