Hasdrubal son of Hanno

Hasdrubal was appointed supreme commander of Carthaginian land forces in Sicily in 251 BC. Seeking to break Roman momentum, he marched with an army of 30,000 troops and 140 war elephants toward the Roman stronghold of Panormus (modern Palermo).

Roman proconsul Caecilius Metellus lured Hasdrubal's vanguard close to the city moats and defensive ditches; panic broke out among the elephants, which trampled the Punic ranks. Following the loss of all his elephants and thousands of troops, Hasdrubal fled to Lilybaeum, was recalled to Carthage by the unforgiving Senate, and crucified for military failure.