Hamilcar Barca Timeline

First Punic War. Carthage cedes Sicily to Rome.

Hamilcar Barca raids southern Italy and then lands on Sicily during the First Punic War.

Hamilcar Barca captures Eryx on Sicily during the First Punic War.

The rebellion of the mercenaries: Unpaid mercenaries under the leadership of Mathos and Spendios rebel against Carthage. Despite a peace treaty, Rome seizes the opportunity to strip Carthage of Sardinia and Corsica.

Hamilcar Barca arrives in southern Spain to expand Carthage's interests there. He makes his base at Gades and founds Acra Leuce.