Christian San José Campos

HANNIBAL’S APPOINTMENT RECONSIDERED: CRISIS, LEGITIMACY, AND THE REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS OF HELLENISTIC CARTHAGE

The assassination of Hasdrubal in 221 bc created a power vacuum in Carthaginian leadership, echoing the crisis that followed Hamilcar’s death eight years earlier. Yet Hannibal’s subsequent appointment has attracted surprisingly limited attention in modern scholarship. This articl...