Barca

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Barca is the family name of the prominent Carthaginian military dynasty that included the famed general Hannibal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carthaginian dynasty
family name
alternativeName Barqid family
associatedConflict First Punic War
Punic Wars
surface form: Mercenary War

Second Punic War
associatedEvent Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania
Hannibal's crossing of the Alps
surface form: Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps
associatedPlace Carthage
Carthaginian Iberia
country Carthage
dynastyType military dynasty
ethnicGroup Punic (Carthaginian) people
surface form: Carthaginians
familyHead Hamilcar Barca
field military affairs
politics
founder Hamilcar Barca
hasMemberWithRole Hamilcar Barca
surface form: Hamilcar Barca – general

Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
surface form: Hannibal Barca – general

Hasdrubal Barca
surface form: Hasdrubal Barca – general

Mago Barca
surface form: Mago Barca – general
hasNotableDescendant Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
surface form: Hannibal Barca

Hasdrubal Barca
Mago Barca
historicalReputation one of the most prominent Carthaginian families
languageOfName Punic
memberOf Punic (Carthaginian) people
surface form: Carthaginian aristocracy
notableFor command in the Punic Wars
expansion of Carthaginian power in Iberia
military leadership against Rome
notableMember Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
surface form: Hannibal Barca

Hasdrubal Barca
Mago Barca
opponent Roman Republic
originRegion North Africa
politicalEntity Carthaginian Empire
surface form: Carthaginian Republic
regionOfActivity Iberian Peninsula
Italy
North Africa
religion Phoenician religion
surface form: Punic religion
timePeriod 2nd century BCE
3rd century BCE

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hannibal (Carthaginian general) familyName Barca
subject surface form: Hannibal
Mago Barca familyName Barca
Kyrenaïkē majorCity Barca
subject surface form: Kyrenaikē
Barqid family meaningOfName Barca
this entity surface form: Barca means "lightning" in Punic (traditional interpretation)
Barcid family namedAfter Barca