Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania

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Carthaginian military operation historical event military campaign

The Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania were a series of military and political operations led chiefly by the Barcid family to expand and consolidate Carthaginian power on the Iberian Peninsula in the decades before the Second Punic War.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania canonical	1
Carthaginian campaigns in Iberia	1
Carthaginian expansion	1
Carthaginian expansion in Iberia	1
Hannibal's march through Iberia	1
Hannibal’s Iberian campaign	1
Hasdrubal the Fair’s campaigns in Hispania	1
Iberian theatre of the Second Punic War	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Carthaginian military operation ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
capital	Carthago Nova ⓘ
causeOf	Siege of Saguntum ⓘ outbreak of the Second Punic War ⓘ
commander	Hamilcar Barca ⓘ Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ surface form: Hannibal Barca Hasdrubal the Fair ⓘ
conflict	Roman Republic ⓘ
country	Carthage ⓘ
economicFocus	control of silver mines ⓘ control of trade routes ⓘ
endTime	c. 218 BC ⓘ
established	Carthago Nova ⓘ
follows	First Punic War ⓘ
hasPart	Hamilcar Barca’s campaigns in Hispania ⓘ Hannibal’s early campaigns in Hispania ⓘ Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hasdrubal the Fair’s campaigns in Hispania
involved	Balearic slingers ⓘ Celtiberia ⓘ surface form: Celtiberians Iberian tribes ⓘ Libyan troops ⓘ Numidian mercenaries ⓘ Phoenician colonists ⓘ Tartessians ⓘ Turdetani ⓘ
languageOfRecord	Punic ⓘ
ledBy	Barcid family ⓘ
location	Hispania (probable) ⓘ surface form: Hispania Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
mainObjective	acquisition of silver and other resources ⓘ creation of a power base independent of Carthaginian oligarchy ⓘ expansion of Carthaginian power in Iberia ⓘ rebuilding Carthaginian power after First Punic War ⓘ
militaryStrategy	foundation of fortified bases ⓘ recruitment of Iberian allies and mercenaries ⓘ use of combined arms forces ⓘ
partOf	Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian expansion Carthaginian–Roman rivalry ⓘ
politicalAspect	Barcid semi-autonomous rule in Iberia ⓘ negotiation of treaties with local tribes ⓘ
preludeTo	Second Punic War ⓘ
result	Roman alliance with Saguntum ⓘ Roman–Carthaginian treaty on the Ebro River ⓘ establishment of a Carthaginian empire in southern and eastern Iberia ⓘ increased tension with Rome ⓘ
startTime	c. 237 BC ⓘ
timePeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Barca → associatedEvent → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania ⓘ

Hamilcar Barca → notableWork → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carthaginian expansion in Iberia

Hasdrubal Barca → participatedIn → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carthaginian campaigns in Iberia

Hannibal's crossing of the Alps → precededBy → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hannibal's march through Iberia

Siege of Saguntum → partOfCampaign → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hannibal’s Iberian campaign

Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania → partOf → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carthaginian expansion

Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania → hasPart → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hasdrubal the Fair’s campaigns in Hispania

Battle of Baecula → theatre → Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iberian theatre of the Second Punic War