Post by Vyrus on Aug 20, 2008 6:54:10 GMT -5
Name: Hannibal Barca
Age: 20
Nationality: Carthaginian
Weapons: Gladius and Buckler
Armour: Light Cloth Tunic, Bronze Chest Plate and Shoulder Guard Bronze Leg Guard, Bbronze Helm
Extras: Iberian Luck Talisman, Cape Bearing the Symbol of Carthage, Map of Europe
Looks:
Personality: Strong, Enduring, Smart and Tactical. He is also Very Charismatic and Financial
Biography: Hannibal Barca ("grace of Ba'al", Ba'al being the patron god of Carthage) was the son of Hamilcar Barca and his Iberian wife. Barca was not a family name, but it was carried by Hamilcar's sons to distinguish them from others bearing the same first name. Historians thus refer to Hamilcar's family as the Barcids.
After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, Hamilcar set out to improve his family's and Carthage's fortunes. With that in mind and supported by Gades, Hamilcar began the subjugation of the tribes of the Iberian Peninsula. Carthage at the time was in such a poor state that its navy was unable to transport his army to Iberia (Hispania); instead, Hamilcar had to march it towards the Pillars of Hercules and ferry it across the Strait of Gibraltar (present-day Morocco).
According to Livy, Hannibal much later said that when he came upon his father and begged to go with him, Hamilcar agreed and demanded him to swear that as long as he lived he would never be a friend of Rome. Other sources report that Hannibal told his father, "I swear so soon as age will permit...I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome."
Personal Army:
(I adeed a few changes including personality, Tower Shield to Buckler, Map of europe, and a cape
Age: 20
Nationality: Carthaginian
Weapons: Gladius and Buckler
Armour: Light Cloth Tunic, Bronze Chest Plate and Shoulder Guard Bronze Leg Guard, Bbronze Helm
Extras: Iberian Luck Talisman, Cape Bearing the Symbol of Carthage, Map of Europe
Looks:
Personality: Strong, Enduring, Smart and Tactical. He is also Very Charismatic and Financial
Biography: Hannibal Barca ("grace of Ba'al", Ba'al being the patron god of Carthage) was the son of Hamilcar Barca and his Iberian wife. Barca was not a family name, but it was carried by Hamilcar's sons to distinguish them from others bearing the same first name. Historians thus refer to Hamilcar's family as the Barcids.
After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, Hamilcar set out to improve his family's and Carthage's fortunes. With that in mind and supported by Gades, Hamilcar began the subjugation of the tribes of the Iberian Peninsula. Carthage at the time was in such a poor state that its navy was unable to transport his army to Iberia (Hispania); instead, Hamilcar had to march it towards the Pillars of Hercules and ferry it across the Strait of Gibraltar (present-day Morocco).
According to Livy, Hannibal much later said that when he came upon his father and begged to go with him, Hamilcar agreed and demanded him to swear that as long as he lived he would never be a friend of Rome. Other sources report that Hannibal told his father, "I swear so soon as age will permit...I will use fire and steel to arrest the destiny of Rome."
Personal Army:
(I adeed a few changes including personality, Tower Shield to Buckler, Map of europe, and a cape
