person
Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal
also: Hazdrubál, Hasdrubal
Hasdrubal Barca (d. 207 BC), Carthaginian general and younger brother of Hannibal; killed at the Battle of the Metaurus River when his army was destroyed by Roman forces. His severed head was thrown into Hannibal's camp as a signal of Carthage's fate.
Reading notes
- Collected Poems (319 Poems, 1837–1864) §77 Hasdrubal
Hasdrubal Barca (d. 207 BC), Carthaginian general and brother of Hannibal, killed at the Battle of the Metaurus; the poem uses his stoic end as a figure for noble patriotic self-sacrifice.