Mercenary War

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revolt war

The Mercenary War was a brutal revolt of Carthage’s unpaid mercenaries and subject peoples in North Africa following the First Punic War, ultimately suppressed under the leadership of Hamilcar Barca.

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Label Occurrences
Mercenary War canonical 4
Mercenary War against Carthage 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf revolt ⓘ
war ⓘ
affects Carthaginian control over African territories ⓘ
aftermath contribution to conditions leading to the Barcid expansion in Iberia ⓘ
rise in prominence of Hamilcar Barca ⓘ
weakening of Carthage’s position in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Truceless War ⓘ
belligerent Carthage ⓘ
Libyan forces ⓘ
surface form: Libyan rebels

rebel mercenaries ⓘ
cause non‑payment of Carthaginian mercenaries after the First Punic War ⓘ
characteristic extreme brutality by both sides ⓘ
large‑scale participation of Carthage’s subject populations ⓘ
combatantType African tribal levies ⓘ
Carthaginian citizen forces ⓘ
mercenary soldiers ⓘ
commander Hamilcar Barca ⓘ
Hanno the Great ⓘ
conflictBetween Carthage ⓘ
subject peoples in North Africa ⓘ
unpaid Carthaginian mercenaries ⓘ
endTime c. 237 BC ⓘ
follows First Punic War ⓘ
historicalRegion Punic Africa ⓘ
involves Carthaginian mercenary forces demobilized after the First Punic War ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
location Carthaginian territories in Africa ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Bagradas River (255 BCE) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Bagradas River (c. 240 BC)

massacre at the Saw (truceless executions) ⓘ
siege of Hippo Diarrhytus ⓘ
siege of Utica ⓘ
notablePlace Bagradas River ⓘ
Hippo Diarrhytus ⓘ
Utica ⓘ
opposingCommander Autaritus ⓘ
Mathos ⓘ
Spendius ⓘ
partOf Carthaginian history ⓘ
primarySource Polybius ⓘ
relatedTo Second Punic War ⓘ
history of Carthage ⓘ
result Carthaginian victory ⓘ
reassertion of Carthaginian control in Africa ⓘ
startTime c. 241 BC ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
triggerEvent Carthage’s attempt to reduce agreed pay to mercenaries ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Hamilcar Barca → conflict → Mercenary War ⓘ
Carthaginian army → engagedInConflict → Mercenary War ⓘ
Salammbô → settingPeriod → Mercenary War ⓘ
Salammbô → inspiredBy → Mercenary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mercenary War against Carthage
Salammbô → depictsHistoricalEvent → Mercenary War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mercenary War against Carthage
Barcid family → conflict → Mercenary War ⓘ