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Hasdrubal the Fair (d. 221 BC) was a Carthaginian leader.

He was a son-in-law of Hamilcar Barca, who followed the latter in his campaign against the governing aristocracy at Carthage at the close of the First Punic War, and in his subsequent career of conquest in Hispania. After Hamilcar's death (228 BC) Hasdrubal, who succeeded him in the command, extended the newly acquired empire by skilful diplomacy, and consolidated it by the foundation of Carthago Nova (Cartagena) as the capital of the new province, and by a treaty with the Roman Republic which fixed the Ebro as the boundary between the two powers. He was killed by a Celtic assassin.

[edit] See also

• Hasdrubal for other Carthaginians of this name.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

de:Hasdrubal (Cartagena) es:Asdrúbal el Bello ka:ჰასდრუბალი (ჰამილკარ ბარკას სიძე) sk:Hasdrubal Krásny

Notable Carthaginians

Ad Herbal • Saint Aurelius • Carthalo • Dido • Hamilcar (Drepanum) • Hamilcar Barca • Hannibal Barca • Hannibal Gisco • Hannibal Monomachus • Hannibal the Rhodian • Hanno the Elder • Hanno the Great • Hanno the Navigator • Hanno, son of Bomilcar • Hasdrubal Barca • Hasdrubal Gisco • Hasdrubal the Fair • Hasdrubal, commander of the service corps • Himilco the Navigator • Mago (agricultural writer) • Mago Barca • Maharbal • Saints Perpetua and Felicitas • Sophonisba