Hasdrubal the Fair
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.
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Hasdrubal for other Carthaginians of this name.
