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Gisgo or
Gisco is the
latinization or ****enization (Gr****: Γέσκων, Géskōn) of the
Punic masculine given name
Gersakkun (𐤂𐤓𐤎𐤊𐤍, GRSKN). The name...
- 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...
- Mago
Barca and
Hasdrubal Gisgo levied and
trained new forces. In c.206 BC, with
fresh reinforcements, Mago and
Hasdrubal Gisgo—supported by Masinissa's...
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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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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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Hasdrubals in
Carthaginian history Huss (1985), p. 566. Geus (1994), s.v. "
Gisgo". Livy Book XXVIII, 12 Livy Book ****, 28 Geus,
Klaus (1994), Prosopographie...
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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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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 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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chiefly from
theophoric names such as
Sanchuniathon (𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍 sknytn) and
Gisgo (𐤂𐤓𐤎𐤊𐤍 grskn). As of 1940, his
earliest appearance in epigraphical...
