Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War)
The Carthaginian army mutinied in late 241 BC in the wake of Carthage’s defeat in the First Punic War. After three years of increasingly bitter war, the Carthaginians defeated the rebel field army at the Battle of the Saw. At the Siege of Tunis in late 238 BC a rebel army under Mathos was besieged by a Carthaginia force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal.
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The Carthaginian army mutinied in late 241 BC in the wake of Carthage’s defeat in the First Punic War. After three years of increasingly bitter war, the Carthaginians defeated the rebel field army at the Battle of the Saw. At the Siege of Tunis in late 238 BC a rebel army under Mathos was besieged by a Carthaginia force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. They were captured and tortured, mutilated and crucified while still living. The pay dispute had become a full-scale revolt. The three years that followed are known as the Mercenary War and threatened Carthage as a state. In early 240 BC Hanno was incorporated into this army while attempting to raise the siege of Utica. For the rest of the year Hanno skirmished with the rebel force, repeatedly missing opportunities to bring it to battle. An unknown number of non-African contingent also remained loyal to Hanno. For more information on Hanno’s military history, visit the website of the University of Oxford’s History of the Ancient World. For information on Carthage, visit www.carthaginianhistory.com. For details on the Carthage-Hanno war, visit http://www.Carthage-History.com/Hannos-War-The-Mercenary-War and the-Carthaginians-Fight-in-Africa. For more information about the Mercenary War, visit the website of the University of Oxford’s History of the Ancient World or visit the Cambodian History of Africa website. The Mercenary War also occurred in 240 BC when Hanno took the commander of the African field with an army of 8,000–10,000 men and 100 war elephants; they remained loyal against their fellow Africans.
In 240 BC, Hanno was defeated while attempting to raise the siege of Utica while attacking the city of Carthage with an unknown number of citizens. The Mercury War ended in 240 BC with Hanno taking control of Utica and commending himself for his bravery. In the same year, Carthage won the battle of Leptis Parva against a rebel force led by Spendius, an escaped Roman slave who faced death by torture if he were recaptured, and Mathos, a Berber dissatisfied with his attitude towards tax raising from Carthage’s African possessions. In 241 BC, the two armies faced off in a battle for the control of the port of Carthages. The battle was won by Hanno, who was known as ‘the great’ and ‘competent’.
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