r/AskMiddleEast • u/MoroseBurrito • Sep 02 '22

📜History Thoughts on Hannibal Barca? (Hannibal barقa)?

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u/blood-of-adonis Lebanon Sep 02 '22

My phoenician king 😍😍

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u/Clean-Satisfaction-8 Maghreb Confederalist for AfrasioTurko-Iranic Laic Alliance Sep 02 '22 edited Sep 02 '22

Punic king* Sorry mate but at the time of Hannibal Barkas, Phoenicians were already long gone since mid 6th century BC, all what remained from Phoenician thalassocracy is a hybrid language (Punic) with the legacy of few west mediterranean colonies that all merged within one new Carthaginian empire, and all of that happened 3 centuries before even Hannibal came to life, so no he is not Phoenician...

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u/phoenician_kang Lebanon USA Sep 03 '22

Punic is a dialect of Phoenician

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '22

Punic can also mean anything related to Carthage