Source: Diodorus Siculus, Book XX & Justin, Book XXII
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Bomilcar I of Carthage 🇹🇳

بوميلقار الأول القرطاجي (Known as "Bomilcar")
Suffete of Carthage, Commander at the Battle of White Tunis (310 BC)
Born c. 350 BC 🇹🇳 Carthage, Tunisia
Passed Away 308 BC Carthage, Tunisia
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"From the heights of the cross, he hurled defiance at the judges who condemned him."

Archival Overview

Carthaginian general who fought Agathocles during the invasion of North Africa in 310 BC, later attempting an armed coup to make himself tyrant of Carthage before being executed in the marketplace.

Biographical Record

Bomilcar was a high-ranking Carthaginian suffete and military commander. In 310 BC, when the Greek tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse boldly sailed an army across the Mediterranean and landed on Cape Bon, Bomilcar and Hanno were appointed joint commanders of the citizen army sent to repel him at the Battle of White Tunis (Tunis).

Suspected of treachery during the retreat, Bomilcar attempted in 308 BC to stage a coup d'état by rallying 500 loyal citizens and 4,000 mercenaries in the central agora. Overwhelmed by the citizen population showering missiles from the rooftops, he surrendered under guarantee of life, but was condemned and crucified on Byrsa Hill.

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Final Resting Place

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Byrsa Hill Western Slopes
Carthage, Tunisia
GPS: 36.8535, 10.3225
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