Aníbal Giscón

Anibal Giscon (300-290 BC - 258 BC), Carthaginian commander in chief during the first Punic war against Rome. Their efforts proved futile and their eventual defeat in battle precipitated their fall and subsequent execution. Military career

The first historical source tells us about Aníbal Giscón in the year 261 a. C., like general in command of the garrison besieged by the Romans in Agrigento. Despite the tenacity shown by Giscon and his men, and the arrival of reinforcements led by Hannon, the city fell into Roman hands. Hannibal escaped to Carthage at the end of the battle. Apparently, his defeat - due more to the persistence of the Roman siege than to his own incompetence - was no obstacle to continuity in the leadership of Giscón. The following year (260 BC), he returned as Admiral commander of the Carthaginian fleet in the Strait of Messina, the Romans were preparing to launch their first fleet and Carthage decided to prevent it. the battle of the Lipari Islands, a victory that lacked strategic significance, since the bulk of the Roman fleet continued maneuvering in the surrounding waters. Later, in 260 BC, Giscon was the first general to suffer the effects of corvus of Roman approach.Dependent on the naval superiority of Carthage, it arranged its ships in the traditional formation in line before the battle of Milas.Although inexperienced in naval combats, the Romans led by the consul Cayo Duilio defeated to the Carthaginian fleet, mainly due to their innovative tactics.

In 258, he was sent to defend Sardinia from the Roman attack being easily defeated by the Roman general Cayo Sulpicio Patérculo. After this new loss of confidence of his superiors, Giscón was executed by incompetence soon after, next to other defeated Carthaginian generals. According to some sources, he was crucified by his own men.

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