Gisgo or Gisco is the latinization or hellenization (Greek: Γέσκων, Géskōn) of the Punic masculine given name Gersakkun (𐤂𐤓𐤎𐤊𐤍, GRSKN). The name...
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Hannibal's youngest brother and the infantry commander. Histro Mitzkov as Gisgo, an officer in Hannibal's army who notably comments on the strength of the...
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first queen of Carthage Gisco of Carthage Gisgo (son of Hanno I) — son of Hanno I the Great, general Gisgo (battle of Cannae) — noted officer before the...
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Carthaginian officer named Gisgo reportedly remarked to Hannibal that the size of the Roman army was astonishing. "There is one thing, Gisgo, yet more astonishing"...
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Hasdrubal Gisco (redirect from Hasdrubal Gisgo)
Hasdrubals in Carthaginian history Huss (1985), p. 566. Geus (1994), s.v. "Gisgo". Livy Book XXVIII, 12 Livy Book XXX, 28 Geus, Klaus (1994), Prosopographie...
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Alexander the Great, executed when returning to Carthage. Hamilcar, son of Gisgo and grandson of Hanno the Great, led a campaign against Agathocles of Syracuse...
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Scipio arrived with all his troops. Hasdrubal the son of Gisgo (usually called Hasdrubal Gisgo by modern writers) also arrived. The Carthaginians now had...
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Scipio and the allied armies of Carthage and Numidia, commanded by Hasdrubal Gisgo and Syphax respectively. The battle was part of the Second Punic War and...
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40,000 men. Hannibal Gisco, the commander of Agrigentum and the son of Gisgo, gathered many of the people who lived in the area surrounding the city...
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chiefly from theophoric names such as Sanchuniathon (𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍 sknytn) and Gisgo (𐤂𐤓𐤎𐤊𐤍 grskn). As of 1940, his earliest appearance in epigraphical...
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