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| Barcid conquest of Hispania | |||||||||
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 Levels of Carthaginian control over Iberia in 218 BC | |||||||||
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 Carthage |
Iberians Celtiberians | ||||||||
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Hamilcar Barca † Hasdrubal the Fair Hannibal |
Istolatios † Indortes † Orissus | ||||||||
| History of Spain |
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Under the leadership of the Barcid family, Ancient Carthage expanded its possessions on the Iberian Peninsula from 237 to 218 BC. The First Punic War and the Mercenary War had resulted in an end to Carthage's expansion to the north (Sicily) and in Africa; blocked from their traditional areas of expanse, they now sought to conquer the Iberian Peninsula.