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Hasdrubal Gisco

d. 202 BCE · 3rd century BCE

Hasdrubal Gisco was a Carthaginian general of the Second Punic War who fought the Romans in Iberia until Scipio defeated him at Ilipa in 206 BCE. He won King Syphax of the Masaesyli for Carthage by marrying him to his daughter Sophonisba. In Africa Scipio burned his and Syphax's camps in 203 BCE, and he died soon afterwards.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hasdrubal Gisco. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hasdrubal-gisco
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