Adherbal (admiral)

Adherbal
Native name
𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋
Other name(s)Atarbas
Died230 BC
AllegianceCarthage
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsFirst Punic War
A sketch of the battle of Drepana

Adherbal (Punic: 𐤀𐤃𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, ʾDRBʿL;[1] died 230 BC), also known as Atarbas (Greek: Ατάρβας, Atárbas), was the admiral of the Carthaginian fleet which battled the Romans for domination of the Mediterranean Sea during the First Punic War (264–241 BC). Polybius identified Adherbal during the Battle of Drepana as the Carthaginian commander-in-chief.[2] He led the Carthaginian fleet to Drepana in Sicily and inflicted a crushing defeat on the Roman consul P. Claudius Pulcher during the naval battle in 249 BC.[3][4]

  1. ^ Huss (1985), p. 559.
  2. ^ Polybius (3 June 2018). The Histories of Polybius: Vol. I & II. e-artnow. ISBN 978-80-268-9412-4.
  3. ^ Polybius, i. 49—52
  4. ^ Diod., Ecl. xxiv