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- Mercenary_War abstract "The Mercenary War (240 BC – 238 BC), also called the Libyan War and the Truceless War by Polybius, was an uprising of mercenary armies formerly employed by Carthage, backed by Libyan settlements revolting against Carthaginian control.The war began as a dispute over the payment of money owed the mercenaries between the mercenary armies who fought the First Punic War on Carthage's behalf, and a destitute Carthage, which had lost most of its wealth due to the indemnities imposed by Rome as part of the peace treaty. The dispute grew until the mercenaries seized Tunis by force of arms, and directly threatened Carthage, which then capitulated to the mercenaries' demands. The conflict would have ended there, had not two of the mercenary commanders, Spendius and Mathos, persuaded the Libyan conscripts in the army to accept their leadership, and thenconvinced them that Carthage would exact vengeance for their part in the revolt once the foreign mercenaries were paid and sent home. They also persuaded the combined mercenary armies to revolt against Carthage, and various Libyan towns and cities to back the revolt. What had been a hotly contested "labour dispute" exploded into a full-scale revolt.Heavily outmatched in terms of troops, money, and supplies, an unprepared Carthage fared poorly in the initial engagements of the war, especially under the generalship of Hanno the Great. Hamilcar Barca, general from the campaigns in Sicily, was given supreme command, and eventually defeated the rebels in 237 BC.".
- Mercenary_War causalties "Unknown".
- Mercenary_War combatant "Carthage".
- Mercenary_War combatant "Carthage's mercenary army of the First Punic War.".
- Mercenary_War commander Autaritus.
- Mercenary_War commander Hamilcar_Barca.
- Mercenary_War commander Hannibal_(Mercenary_War).
- Mercenary_War commander Hanno_the_Great.
- Mercenary_War commander Mathos.
- Mercenary_War commander Naravas.
- Mercenary_War commander Spendius.
- Mercenary_War commander Zarzas.
- Mercenary_War isPartOfMilitaryConflict Punic_Wars.
- Mercenary_War notes "* Not Hannibal Barca, but an unrelated general of the same name.".
- Mercenary_War notes "**Presumed executed. His death is not explicitly mentioned in the sources, but his capture and torture are.".
- Mercenary_War place Carthage.
- Mercenary_War place El_Kef.
- Mercenary_War place North_Africa.
- Mercenary_War place Utica,_Tunisia.
- Mercenary_War result "Decisive Carthaginian victory".
- Mercenary_War strength "90,000–100,000. 20,000 mercenaries transported from Sicily and assaulted Tunis. A further mention of "about 70,000 Libyans" later in the war. Naravas' Numidians stated at "about 2,000".".
- Mercenary_War strength "Unknown".
- Mercenary_War territory Corsica.
- Mercenary_War territory Roman_Republic.
- Mercenary_War thumbnail Guerra_mercenaria.png?width=300.
- Mercenary_War wikiPageExternalLink 70.
- Mercenary_War wikiPageExternalLink %A74.
- Mercenary_War wikiPageExternalLink truceless-war.php.
- Mercenary_War wikiPageID "869748".
- Mercenary_War wikiPageRevisionID "604799362".
- Mercenary_War casualties "High. Some 50,000 were reported killed at the Battle of "The Saw" alone. Some defected to the Carthaginians.".
- Mercenary_War casualties "Unknown".
- Mercenary_War casus "payment dispute between the mercenaries and Carthage".
- Mercenary_War combatant Ancient_Carthage.
- Mercenary_War combatant "Carthage's mercenary army of the First Punic War.".
- Mercenary_War commander Autaritus.
- Mercenary_War commander Hamilcar_Barca.
- Mercenary_War commander Hannibal_(Mercenary_War).
- Mercenary_War commander Hanno_the_Great.
- Mercenary_War commander Mathos.
- Mercenary_War commander Naravas.
- Mercenary_War commander Spendius.
- Mercenary_War commander Zarzas.
- Mercenary_War conflict "Mercenary War".
- Mercenary_War date "240".
- Mercenary_War hasPhotoCollection Mercenary_War.
- Mercenary_War notes "* Not Hannibal Barca, but an unrelated general of the same name.".
- Mercenary_War notes "**Presumed executed. His death is not explicitly mentioned in the sources, but his capture and torture are.".
- Mercenary_War partof "the Punic Wars".
- Mercenary_War place "North Africa, Carthage, Utica, Tunisia, Sicca Veneria .".
- Mercenary_War result "Decisive Carthaginian victory".
- Mercenary_War strength "90000".
- Mercenary_War strength "Unknown".
- Mercenary_War territory "Roman annexation of Sardinia and Corsica".
- Mercenary_War wordnet_type synset-war-noun-1.
- Mercenary_War subject Category:3rd-century_BC_conflicts.
- Mercenary_War subject Category:Mercenary_warfare.
- Mercenary_War subject Category:Military_history_of_Tunisia.
- Mercenary_War subject Category:Wars_involving_Carthage.
- Mercenary_War type 3rd-centuryBCConflicts.
- Mercenary_War type Abstraction100002137.
- Mercenary_War type Act100030358.
- Mercenary_War type Conflict100958896.
- Mercenary_War type Event100029378.
- Mercenary_War type GroupAction101080366.
- Mercenary_War type MilitaryAction100952963.
- Mercenary_War type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Mercenary_War type War100973077.
- Mercenary_War type WarsInvolvingCarthage.
- Mercenary_War type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Mercenary_War type Event.
- Mercenary_War type MilitaryConflict.
- Mercenary_War type SocietalEvent.
- Mercenary_War type Event.
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- Mercenary_War type Event.
- Mercenary_War type Event.
- Mercenary_War type Thing.
- Mercenary_War comment "The Mercenary War (240 BC – 238 BC), also called the Libyan War and the Truceless War by Polybius, was an uprising of mercenary armies formerly employed by Carthage, backed by Libyan settlements revolting against Carthaginian control.The war began as a dispute over the payment of money owed the mercenaries between the mercenary armies who fought the First Punic War on Carthage's behalf, and a destitute Carthage, which had lost most of its wealth due to the indemnities imposed by Rome as part of the peace treaty. ".
- Mercenary_War label "Guerra de los Mercenarios".
- Mercenary_War label "Guerra dos Mercenários".
- Mercenary_War label "Guerre des Mercenaires".
- Mercenary_War label "Mercenary War".
- Mercenary_War label "Rivolta dei mercenari".
- Mercenary_War label "Söldnerkrieg".
- Mercenary_War label "Wojna Kartagińczyków z najemnikami".
- Mercenary_War label "Восстание наёмников в Карфагене".
- Mercenary_War label "傭兵戰爭".
- Mercenary_War sameAs Söldnerkrieg.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Guerra_de_los_Mercenarios.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Guerre_des_Mercenaires.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Rivolta_dei_mercenari.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Wojna_Kartagińczyków_z_najemnikami.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Guerra_dos_Mercenários.
- Mercenary_War sameAs m.03k4rb.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Q1132393.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Q1132393.
- Mercenary_War sameAs Mercenary_War.
- Mercenary_War wasDerivedFrom Mercenary_War?oldid=604799362.
- Mercenary_War depiction Guerra_mercenaria.png.