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3 unusual facts about Hannibal Gisco


260 BC

Hannibal Gisco returns to fight in Sicily as the admiral in charge of the Carthaginian fleet in the Strait of Messina.

Hannibal Gisco, Carthaginian military commander in charge of both land armies and naval fleets (b. c. 300 BC)

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Hannibal Gisco (c. 300-290 – 260 BC), Carthaginian military commander


Battle of Agrigentum

Hannibal Gisco, the commander of Agrigentum and the son of Gisgo, gathered many of the people who lived in the area surrounding the city behind the city walls, swelling the population of the city to about 50,000; his garrison, however, was relatively small.


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