person
Hamilcar (Carthaginian besieger of Syracuse)
Hamilcar
also: Hamilcarem Karthaginiensem
Carthaginian commander besieging Syracuse who dreamed he would dine there the next day; a mutiny let the Syracusans seize him alive, fulfilling the dream ironically. Recorded in the history of Agathocles (De Divinatione 1.50).