Hamilcar Barca lives longer

He might just complete his conquests in Iberia. He was about 47 when he died, so I don't know if he really intended to seek vengeance against Rome within his own lifetime. His Spanish conquests were officially to compensate for the loss of Elymia (Punic Sicily), Sardinia and Corsica, but he was practically independent in his governorship. Both him and Hannibal apparently even had coins struck with their likeness (although at least one of those coins is meant to depict the face of Melqart).
 
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